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'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'

Anoosheh Ashoori was imprisoned in Iran, having been falsely accused of espionage

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Chasing whales with my toddler son

When Doreen Cunningham’s life fell apart, she dropped everything to follow grey whales

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Chutzpah, escape, reinvention: Julia Haart's secret lives

How an unqualified ultra-orthodox mum became a fashion mogul

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Jung Chang and the price of recording China’s history

Jung Chang reflects on Wild Swans and being on the wrong side of China’s authorities

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Outlook Mixtape: Star Trek, ocean giants and racy underwear

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A brother's relentless quest for justice

Steve Johnson’s thirty five year search for answers to how his brother died

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The metal musician paying homage to his Mau Mau heritage

Kenyan musician Lord Spikeheart has dedicated his latest album to his great grandmother

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My long-lost sister was a surrogate mother to my twins

When adoptee Mark found his long-lost sister Rachel, it led to a remarkable offer

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Mountain Queen: How Lhakpa Sherpa summited Everest 10 times

Climbing to the world's highest point has changed Lhakpa Sherpa’s life many times over

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Outlook Mixtape: Metal music, a shock confession, and the ascent of a Mountain Queen

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Hacked and blackmailed: How I took back control

Blackmailers threatened to leak Patricia Franquesa’s stolen nude photos — she fought back

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Fixing the worst football team in the world

American Samoa, last in the Fifa rankings, had never won a game, but that all changed

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The Black pioneers of modern emergency medicine

John Moon joined a team of paramedics in the 60s who revolutionised the ambulance service

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Hollywood high jinks and a family caught in the spotlight

Roommates with Princess Leia, saved by James Bond and breaking into Hollywood

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Outlook Mixtape: blackmail, a brother's quest, losing 31-0

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The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin’s closest allies

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Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey

Osel Hita Torres was a baby when he was recognised as a reincarnated spiritual leader

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Keeping faith: How prayers helped me find my mother

François d’Adesky was seven when he was separated from his mother at Bujumbura airport

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Rescuing my twin, the famous artist we might never have known

Separated at seven, it took decades for Joyce and Judith Scott to be reunited

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Outlook Mixtape: Boy lama, separated families and reunion joy

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The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1

As a survivor of Sudan's civil war, Salva Dut's will to keep going has taken him far

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The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2

Salva Dut returns to Sudan to find his dad and decides to get clean water to his village

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The tech whizz-kid building apps to save his family from debt

At 12 Michael Sayman was the family’s main breadwinner, keeping their chicken shop afloat

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The child refugee and the big red bicycle

How a stranger’s small act of kindness had a giant impact on a young girl without a home

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Outlook Mixtape: Lost boys, teen tech star and the red bike

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Is Anybody Out There? Secrets for surviving solitary

How a pair of pink trousers were used to pass messages in an Iranian jail

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Is Anybody Out There? Love, stars and a travelling telescope

How Susan Murabana travelled to Kenya to see a solar eclipse and met the love of her life

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Is Anybody Out There? Learning to love after leaving a cult

Werner and Katharina grew up in a German commune sealed off from the outside world

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Is Anybody Out There? My journey to meet my birth parents

Darragh decided to trace his birth dad – who didn’t even know he existed – in Trinidad

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Outlook Mixtape: Love under the stars, finding dad and surviving solitary

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