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The playwright, the school teacher and the lost Xhosa king

How South Africa鈥檚 first published black female playwright restored her people鈥檚 history

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鈥楳y heart goes out to the mums鈥�

The mum who鈥檚 found compassion for the mothers of murderers after her own family tragedy

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Witness to a gangland murder: a mediator鈥檚 dilemma

Roegchanda Pascoe put her own safety and freedom on the line to take on Cape Town鈥檚 gangs

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Glitter, high kicks and finding freedom

The joy that dance brings us in extraordinary and sometimes surprising ways

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Saving the lost tapes of a musical genius

A grieving lover鈥檚 mission to share his partner鈥檚 unknown music with the world

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How the kindness of strangers stopped my terror attack

Ex-US Marine Mac McKinney planned to bomb a mosque but ended up converting to Islam

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The drag queen who ran for president of the United States

Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis

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The battlefield of the mind

Toby Gutteridge was one of the best soldiers in the world when he was shot in the neck

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I was interviewed on live TV by accident

Four stories of mistaken identity

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Cracking Germany鈥檚 'biggest' art theft case

The mayor and the top art theft detective who unravelled a 40-year-old German crime

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Painfully honest: A brain surgeon looks back on his mistakes

Living with cancer had made Henry Marsh reflect on the people he could not save

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The cookbook that became a lifeline

How eccentric but pioneering chef Julia Child became a role model for Julie Powell

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My father鈥檚 hidden crimes

Anal铆a鈥檚 dad was accused of being a government torturer - he said it was a lie

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Hugh Bonneville: From dress-up to Downton

Actor Hugh Bonneville on catching the acting bug as a child and dealing with rejection

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The private eye bringing psychic fraudsters to justice

Bob Nygaard enters a dark underworld of soothsayers exploiting the vulnerable for money

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The argument that led a singer to the truth about her family

Gina Williams believed she was an only child until a major revleation, aged 18

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I went through puberty at two years old

Patrick Burleigh was born with precocious puberty, meaning his body developed very early

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He knocked on my door and said: 'I believe you'

How the friendship of a stranger helped Betsy when she needed it most

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Michael Johnson: How the world's fastest man learned to walk again

US Olympic champion Michael Johnson had to learn to walk again following a stroke

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Why did my mum give me away? An adoptee's quest for answers

Korean-Danish adoptee Sun Hee Engelstoft, flew over 5000 miles in search of her mum

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The truffle in my pocket that changed my life

Guy Debbas from Lebanon survived being held hostage to run a sucessful chocolate business

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I created a mass Marilyn Monroe swim for my mother

How dressing up as the Hollywood icon helped Sarah Tinney cope after her mother鈥檚 death

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The bombshell revelations that turned my family on its head

Carmen Rita Wong on coming to terms with a lifetime of family secrets and hidden pasts

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My body has given me everything

Bonita Norris overcame an eating disorder to make history climbing Everest

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'I could've been her and she could've been me'

For journalist Brandi Morin exposing the harrowing stories of her community is personal

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Fighting for peace in a violent city

Fartuun Adan and her daughter Ilwad Elman risked everything to help rebuild Mogadishu

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My teacher became my torturer

Mirsad Solakovic was just 13 when his teacher came to school and pointed a gun at him

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The sketchpad that saved my life

How painting gave Muniba Mazari hope after being paralysed in a car crash in Pakistan

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Out of the swamp: Uncovering a hidden US slave ship

Ben Raines set out to expose a 160-year-old secret and found himself in murky waters

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Murder in the heart of the Amazon

When her brother was brutally murdered, Claudelice Silva dos Santos took up his fight

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