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Hold Fast! 2. I didn’t know the sea was so big
The Avontuur begins the second leg of its journey, setting out from Tenerife to cross the Atlantic. At work in the galley preparing breakfast, ship’s…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Hold Fast! 1. Signs from the universe
15 people, 188 days at sea, one extraordinary ship: how the Avontuur was locked out at sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.
What would you do if your wor…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
My way out of the woods
A corporate high-flyer ended up living in a forest after a spiral of debt, shame and secrecy.
After avoiding a mounting debt to his landlord, Australi…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Sex, love, Rock 'n' Roll... and The Sopranos
Robin Green is an American writer who has been dizzyingly successful, but she describes herself as a 'clueless girl'. At times, she didn't even reali…
8 months ago
Why I wore iron underwear on Kabul’s busiest street
Artist Kubra Khademi was so enraged by the constant sexual harassment faced by women in Afghanistan that she created a bespoke suit of armour, forged…
8 months, 1 week ago
Kidnapped at four: How I found my way home
After being kidnapped, a promise to return to his mother helped Antonio Salazar-Hobson through his darkest hours.
Antonio Salazar-Hobson was four year…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The penguin that followed a teacher home
While visiting friends in Uruguay, British teacher Tom Michell saw a penguin covered in oil and tar on a beach. Tom cleaned the bird as best he could…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Meeting the monster: My 14 days with Joseph Kony
In Judith Obina Okumu's imagination, Joseph Kony was a monster. As leader of the Lord's Resistance Army he'd fought a decades-long war against the go…
9 months ago
The Grandmother of Juneteenth, still battling for change at 98
Opal Lee is now affectionately known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. She led the campaign for the 19th June, the day in 1865 when enslaved people i…
9 months, 1 week ago
The man who woke up in the future
When Dr Pier Piccioni woke up after a car accident, 12 years of his life had been erased.
Dr Pierdante Piccioni is an unwilling time-traveller. Twelve…
9 months, 2 weeks ago