BBC World Service - Outlook

How to give up

Why extreme swimmer Beth French doesn’t regret giving up on her life’s ambition

Journalist Hussain Zaidi risked everything to document his city's criminal underworld

Ethiopian child bride Mamitu Gashe became a surgeon after she almost died in childbirth

Amina’s father brutally attacked her and her sister for ‘shaming’ their Jordanian family

Hum Fleming has epilepsy. A side effect means her memories mostly fade after six months

After being jailed for her art, journalist Zehra Doğan's paint supplies were confiscated

Singer Elza Soares survived poverty and public scandal to become a music legend in Brazil

Abigail Disney felt her family was ruined by the wealth from their Hollywood empire

The true story behind an infamous social experiment

Timofey Yuriev was possibly the best person to save two dogs trapped in an icy lake