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    The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

    Tony Cicoria developed an obsession with classical music after he was struck by lightning

  2. Why I dive on my birthday

    How diver Cliff Devries got back in the water after being paralysed from the neck down

  3. I believe my dog’s nose saved my life

    Psychologist Claire Guest had a special bond with her dog that may have saved her life

  4. Literary SOS

    Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare

  5. The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19

    Rob Gore is a doctor working with coronavirus patients in New York

  6. Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes

    Catherine Cho had been a mother for two months when she experienced post-partum psychosis

  7. How home-schooling shaped me

    Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old.

  8. Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee

    Nigel Owens survived a suicide attempt before accepting his sexuality and finding success

  9. The school teacher who couldn’t read

    John Corcoran worked as a teacher for 17 years even though he couldn’t read

  10. My patients fought Aids, I fought the system

    Cliff Morrison pioneered a new way to care for Aids patients as a nurse in San Francisco

  11. My Fiancé – Jamal Khashoggi

    Hatice Cengiz was engaged to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when his death shocked the world

  12. Inside the mind of a teenage neo-Nazi

    Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups

  13. My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan

    Marzia Salam Yaftali on dealing with the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus

  14. How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos

    Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons

  15. I fled North Korea for playing the wrong song

    Pianist Kim Cheol-woong defected after being interrogated for playing a western song

  16. Crowns and controversy at Miss World 1970

    Jennifer Hosten became the first black Miss World at a particularly historical ceremony

  17. My close encounters with Escobar's hippos

    Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord

  18. My son, the pop concert, and the law in his name

    Figen Murray's son Martyn was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017

  19. The violin maker's salvation

    Hans Benning found love through his work repairing the world's most priceless instruments

  20. My love letter ticket out of Venezuela

    José Gregorio Márquez won a love letter contest - with a letter to his neighbourhood

  21. Radio in Italy's coronavirus red zone

    83-year-old Pino Pagani is a radio presenter in the virus-hit town of Codogno

  22. 'I fight hate with a pocketbook of peace'

    Kia Scherr lost her husband and child in the 2008 Mumbai attacks - she grieved with love

  23. Breaking Ghana's mental health shackles

    Nurse Stephen Asante helps patients in remote areas - who are sometimes chained to trees

  24. A Syrian love story that started with a resume

    The social media call out for CV advice that resulted in an online wedding

  25. Once upon a time in Wakaliwood

    BBC Inspirations 2016 nominee Isaac Nabwana is known as 'Uganda's Tarantino'

  26. Bringing music to people in pain

    BBC Inspirations 2018 nominee Jorge Bergero plays between concert halls and care homes

  27. 'I look good - so they don't believe I have HIV'

    BBC Inspirations 2018 winner Livey Van Wyk fights the stigma of HIV in Namibia

  28. The search for the world's unsung heroes is on

    We want your help to find the world's most inspiring people

  29. The choir without vocal cords - part two

    The Belgian chorister turned doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords

  30. Thai cave doctor: 'I feared I'd killed them'

    Richard Harris anaesthetised the trapped boys believing they had no chance of survival

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