Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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Shooting love stories on the streets of Mogadishu
Film director Abshir Rageh wants the world to see another side of Somalia
20 Jun 2024,40 mins
Never ever give up: How Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida
American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's thirty-year dream to swim from Cuba to Florida
19 Jun 2024,40 mins
Locked up for a crime I didn’t commit – with my child
Prison gave wrongfully-convicted Kenyan banker Teresa Njoroge a new mission in life
18 Jun 2024,40 mins
Photographing genocide broke me, it took a forest to heal me
Sebastião Salgado witnessed years of human suffering, planting trees gave him hope again
17 Jun 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Friend or fraud? Baby magpie and the jackaroo
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
14 Jun 2024,40 mins
The reluctant jackaroo who turned bipolar disorder into art
Matt Ottley on working in the Australian bush and art that makes us see life differently
13 Jun 2024,40 mins
The bowl of porridge that changed my life
Elizabeth Nyamayaro was saved from starvation as a child by a UN aid worker in Zimbabwe
12 Jun 2024,40 mins
Frieda and George: A love story
Poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden and adopted him
11 Jun 2024,40 mins
My fraudulent friend: Smoke and mirrors in the art world
Orlando Whitfield reflects on a relationship destroyed by greed
10 Jun 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: My Mama Cass, Little boy lost and found
Mama Cass remembered, a boy’s 25-year search for home and Uncle Eric’s secret
07 Jun 2024,40 mins
Trapped in a 'metal coffin' on the ocean floor
In 1988, 22 sailors were trapped in the submarine Pacocha with limited oxygen
06 Jun 2024,40 mins
Rediscovering my ‘Mama’ – the music legend I never got to know
Mama Cass Elliot died as her solo career was flourishing and her daughter was just seven
05 Jun 2024,40 mins
My son found his birth mother using Google Earth
The story of Sue Brierley’s adopted son Saroo became the Oscar-nominated film Lion
04 Jun 2024,40 mins
The secret genius of Uncle Eric
Fulfilling Eric Tucker’s dying wish – to show the world his brilliant, secret paintings
03 Jun 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A Disney legend, a drag icon and a stork
Composing for Mary Poppins, coming out in Paraguay, and the beauty of ugly birds
31 May 2024,40 mins
Ditching military gear for glitter: Paraguay’s Queen of drag
In the military Omar Mareco carried the flag on parade but now he leads a different march
29 May 2024,40 mins
The Hiroshima survivor who is still shouting for peace: Part 2
Setsuko Thurlow survived the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima. She now fights for disarmament
28 May 2024,40 mins
The Hiroshima survivor who is still shouting for peace: Part 1
Setsuko Thurlow survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. She now fights for disarmament
27 May 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Saved by Spam, 'soft' boxer, infected blood
The friends saved by a tin of Spam, the boxer who impressed the Queen and infected blood
24 May 2024,40 mins
Blue gold: Searching for the world's rarest denim
Viktor sacrificed time, money, and relationships to build his beloved denim collection
23 May 2024,40 mins
Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth
When he was 4, Jason Evans’ dad died from AIDS contracted from contaminated blood
22 May 2024,40 mins
The reluctant fighter who made boxing history
How champion boxer Maurice Hope faced his battles, in and out of the ring
21 May 2024,40 mins
Lost in lion country and saved by Spam
Two friends stranded in the desert, only a discarded tin held the key to their escape
20 May 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Hidden roots; island reburial; boy witness
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
17 May 2024,40 mins
How I convinced police my dad was a murderer
On the day his mother disappeared, 11-year-old Collier started looking for evidence
16 May 2024,40 mins
I discovered I was indigenous and made history in Argentina
Moira is a famous Mapuche activist, but as a child she had no idea of her ancestral roots
15 May 2024,40 mins
My fight for the reburial of enslaved Africans on St Helena
Annina van Neel led a campaign for the reburial of the remains of enslaved Africans
14 May 2024,40 mins,
Through a lens, darkly: capturing war, drugs and neo Nazis
Leo Regan discovered the camera and became determined to capture beauty in extreme places
13 May 2024,40 mins
Secrets, lies and a child lost in Lollywood
Deeba was a child star of Pakistani cinema, but behind the success was a cruel deception
08 May 2024,40 mins
African beauty: How photography changed my way of seeing
Thandiwe Muriu wanted to leave Kenya until a camera helped her see beauty in her culture
07 May 2024,40 mins