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38 days: a family adrift in the Pacific
The Robertsons' boat was attacked by killer whales and started to sink fast
Douglas was 16 years old when his parents sold the family farm in England…
2 years, 5 months ago
"My friends were arrested, or simply disappeared"
Tahir Izgil is one of the most highly respected living Uyghur poets. Tahir was born near Kashgar, in Xinjiang province, and from an early age he was …
2 years, 5 months ago
Bringing home the prime minister’s gold tooth
Juliana Lumumba had to fight to reclaim the remains of her father, Patrice Lumumba.
He'd been the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of C…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Godmother of Beirut's nightlife
Under the boot of the Syrian army, Nicole Moudaber brought raves to Lebanon.
After sampling the delights of dance music whilst studying abroad in the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dancing in the womb
A mother, a son, and the discovery of a shared dream.
Latifa Khamessi and her son Mohamed Toukabri from Tunisia were inseparable until aged 15 when h…
2 years, 6 months ago
The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 2
From the page to the stage: William turns childhood fantasies into reality.
In London, William Lee Adams is feeling disillusioned with his job, when …
2 years, 6 months ago
The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 1
A bond between brothers, a coming-out story, and an international song contest.
William Lee Adams is one of the leading voices covering the Eurovisio…
2 years, 6 months ago
Miracle on the ocean floor
Harrison Okene spent three days trapped in an air pocket in a sunken ship.
Harrison was the ship's cook, and he'd been in the bathroom when the tugboa…
2 years, 6 months ago
Indiana Jones: The kids who remade a blockbuster
In 1982, two Mississippi boys recreated a $22m film, shot-for-shot, on their pocket money.
Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala were aged 10 and 11. Their m…
2 years, 7 months ago
The woman who fell from the sky, part 2
How a jump changed daring parachutist Tony Osornio's life forever.
Tony was Mexico's best precision skydiver and the first woman to join her country's…
2 years, 7 months ago