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Stolen as a baby, I called my abductor ‘Mom’
On the night of December 15th, 1997, a fire broke out in the home of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera, a couple living in Philadelphia with their two young …
1 year, 2 months ago
Black boy joy: defying stereotypes on the London stage
Ryan Calais Cameron dreamed of being an actor, but after a careers advisor told him this was unrealistic he took a different path as a tradesman. Unh…
1 year, 2 months ago
The long climb back
In 2017 Australian Gus Taylor lost his lower leg in a terrible climbing accident. The climbing community rallied, hauled him out of depression and go…
1 year, 2 months ago
The journalist who took down a billion-dollar company
Dan McCrum investigated a story at Wirecard that had him fearing for his safety.
British journalist Dan McCrum usually writes about businesses for the…
1 year, 2 months ago
The cricket star who learned to fly
Ricky Ellcock’s rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot
Barbados-born Ricky Ellcock had twin ambitions as a boy – to become a cricketer …
1 year, 3 months ago
The bullet that ended our friendship
Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate.
When Paul met Mark in the first year of university in the US, they q…
1 year, 3 months ago
After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor
Jerald Walker grew up in the predominantly white, Worldwide Church of God – a doomsday cult that convinced its followers the world would end in 1972.…
1 year, 3 months ago
Naked and alone: the comedian trapped in a reality TV show
Nasubi had no idea his 15-month fight to survive was being broadcast on Japanese TV.
In the late 1990s aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Na…
1 year, 3 months ago
How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel
Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia’s biggest crime stories.
Back in the 1980s, when Trent was a kid growing up in Brisb…
1 year, 3 months ago
The sports scandal scoop that almost destroyed me
In 1998 Finnish journalist Johanna Aatsalo uncovered a huge news story: a member of the much-revered Finnish cross-country ski team had taken banned …
1 year, 4 months ago