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When my football league fell apart, so did I

Soccer player Lisa Wrightsman got sober and found her way back to the beautiful game

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Books set me free but being a writer in Sudan put me in jail

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin is the first ever novelist to have his books banned in Sudan

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Sing Sing prison theatre group: How acting gave us a future

A band of inmates in a maximum security prison find freedom and healing in performance

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'Drop your guns and go to school'

How the horrors of war inspired a musician’s calls for peace

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Outlook Mixtape: On stage and pitch – theatres of change

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The Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok star

Remembering the courage and determination of Lily Ebert

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The bullet that ended our friendship

Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate

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The fraud: Holding the powerful to account, with accounting

A passion for bookkeeping led Jim Mitzelfeld to break the biggest story of his career

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Joy 2.0: From retired teacher to battle rapper

When Joy France hit 50, she decided to try new things - and became a rapper

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Outlook Mixtape: It’s never too late to be a battle rapper – or a TikTok star

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The cricket star who learned to fly

Ricky Ellcock’s rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot

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After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor

When the world fails to end Jerald Walker is left searching for something to believe in

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Why I built a media empire in Afghanistan

Saad Mohseni saw news from Afghanistan being ignored – and wanted to change things

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A trunk, forgotten films and my mother’s pioneering legacy

Nina Collins on her celebrated film maker mother Kathleen

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Outlook Mixtape: Secret worlds and second lives

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‘We think you may have been poisoned’, part 1

After a childhood washing floors in 90s Russia, Elena thought journalism meant freedom

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‘We think you may have been poisoned’, part 2

Reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine put a target on Elena's back

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The man behind the 'leap of the century'

Bob Beamon smashed world records at the ’68 Olympics, then wondered: what next?

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How I got a seat at the Good Friday Agreement

Monica McWilliams overcame misogyny to take her place at Northern Ireland’s peace talks

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Outlook Mixtape: Negotiating peace and a jaw-dropping leap

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How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel

Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia’s hugest crime stories

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I became a cycling champion – but I was booed

From a broken bike to British champion – Maurice Burton had to battle his way to the top

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A kidnap, a betrayal, and a letter that tore open the past

Alegra’s earliest memory is being abducted. At 40, she comes to understand what happened

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The Lijadu Sisters: Nigeria’s twin Afropop pioneers

Yeye Taiwo Lijadu and her twin Kehinde daringly sang songs of protest in 1970s Nigeria

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Outlook Mixtape: Rocky paths and fearless futures

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