BBC World Service - Outlook

I played violin during my brain surgery

Dagmar Turner played to prevent any damage to her violin skills

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Ian Powell is a climbing hold designer who rebuilt his life after years of drug addiction

Magicians who used their craft to overcome social awkwardness, sexism and bullying

Antonio Roncolato was one of the last survivors to escape London’s Grenfell Tower fire

Carina Hoang and her siblings ended up stranded on an island in the South China Sea

Crohn's disease has hampered the world-famous magician all his life

Hamed Amiri’s family fled from Afghanistan to get a heart operation for his brother

Alex Lacamoire collaborated with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the epic sound of Hamilton

How one couple travelled across the world to meet their baby son