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    I cycled across Africa for a place at my dream university

    A handwritten map is all Mamadou Barry had to guide him from Guinea to Egypt

  2. Thorgy Thor: A pioneering drag queen and her violin

    Thorgy Thor has spent her career trying to bring together drag and classical music

  3. The pop rebel who rediscovered her voice

    Vashti Bunyan had given up music for good – 30 years later she became an underground hit

  4. A crime reporter and her own stalking story

    Journalist Isla Traquair was stalked by her neighbour in the idyllic English countryside

  5. The beatboxing cellist making music out of family history

    How US cellist Gary Washington turned a painful history of slavery into a symphony

  6. Harry Potter and the dynamic shadow – his stuntman

    Gymnast David Holmes got his dream job when he became Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double

  7. The Hollywood screenwriter born in a cult

    Guinevere Turner spent her childhood in a cult as strange as any film

  8. A life made beautiful by rubbish

    Robi Walters finds solace in making art, after a childhood isolated by trauma

  9. Why cutting my dreadlocks set me free

    Feeling trapped in a strict Rastafari household, poetry helps Safiya Sinclair escape

  10. Hiding in plain sight: My family's secret

    Rafael Agustin's 'all-American' life fell apart when he discovered he was undocumented

  11. How a Greek grandmother’s cooking helped us heal

    When brothers Luke and Daniel moved in next to ‘yiayia’, her kindness changed their lives

  12. A Chilean couple’s enduring love and a nation’s memory

    A life spent exposing the truth of dictatorship and dementia

  13. 'The goalkeeper's terror'

    Uruguayan Claudina Vidal became the first woman ever to join a professional men's team

  14. The man who finds water in the desert

    Why Alain Gachet quit a lucrative career in oil to search for water underground

  15. 'We sweat together': Risking it all to help North Korean defectors

    Pastor Kim Seongeun has crossed icy rivers and dense jungle to rescue over 1,000 people

  16. Patricia Cornwell: Writing the hero I needed as a child

    As a child she faced cruelty, as an adult her crime-busting creation transformed her life

  17. The Holocaust survivor who became my ‘adopted grandfather’

    When journalist Chitra Ramaswamy met 99-year-old Henry Wuga, they fell in platonic love

  18. The former boxer who helped avert a plane hijack

    On a flight in 2018 Tarik Sahibeddine found himself at the centre of a drama in the sky

  19. Agent Orange: A Vietnamese grandmother's last battle

    Tran To Nga is fighting to get compensation for victims of the toxic herbicide

  20. Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge

    Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

  21. Becoming Gamal, part 1: Magic and misadventure

    Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

  22. Meat Boy and other stories: My life in video games

    Edmund McMillen’s childhood pain inspired poignant video games that captivated millions

  23. Behind the lens: How two icons of film-making fell in love

    When Martin Scorsese’s hero Michael Powell met his editor Thelma Schoonmaker, sparks flew

  24. 'A dream is a dream': the man who refused to give up

    Solomon Lefakane longed to become a doctor, but apartheid South Africa tried to stop him

  25. The wipeout that nearly killed me

    Surfer Owen Wright was on track to become World Champion when he was hit by a giant wave

  26. An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

    How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief

  27. Reconnecting with the boy in the picture - me

    When Edel Rodriguez left Cuba he had no idea he was becoming part of history

  28. Plans and dreams: The adventures of a wandering guitarist

    Growing up poor in Uganda, musician Jon Muq was short on plans, but always big on dreams

  29. Ghana's first photojournalist who found fame in his 90s

    James Barnor's work had fallen into obscurity but then came a surprise revival.

  30. The lost hiker who said goodbye with his hat

    Ed Rosenthal got lost in the desert in the middle of a heatwave

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