Outlook

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

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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
‘The Brooklyn Cowgirl’ – return of a country music star
For decades Mimi Roman was silent about her musical past; now aged 90 she's back on stage
06 May 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Rebel lawyer; The Wicker Man; sea shanties
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
03 May 2024,40 mins
The sisterhood of the sea shanty singers
The all-female sea shanty group that made a miracle
02 May 2024,40 mins
'Becoming' Elton John saved my life
Elton John tribute act Tom Cridland says his hero helped him overcome alcohol addiction
01 May 2024,40 mins
Fighting my family to fight for others
Rebel child turned rebel lawyer, Moniza Kakar is challenging authority wherever she goes
30 Apr 2024,40 mins
The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us
Robin Hardy’s obsessive quest to make this iconic horror movie would devastate his family
29 Apr 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Lightning; a sister found; swimming dreams
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
26 Apr 2024,40 mins
The singer with her back to the audience
How Indian jazz vocalist Asha Puthli challenged musical stereotypes
25 Apr 2024,40 mins
Finding freedom in the water: Gaza’s swimming teacher
Amjed Tantesh’s enduring mission to teach Gazan children to swim
24 Apr 2024,40 mins
Cristina Rivera Garza: ‘Grief becomes a forced silencing’
The Mexican author whose younger sister Liliana was murdered at the age of 20 in 1990
23 Apr 2024,40 mins
Did a lightning strike make me a trombonist?
After being struck by lightning in 2005, Laura was consumed by a hunger to play music
22 Apr 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Rare orchids, manga love and Liverbirds
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
19 Apr 2024,40 mins
The plant-hunter who risked death for an orchid
On a mission to find a new type of orchid for his granny, Tom Hart Dyke was kidnapped
18 Apr 2024,40 mins
'Girls don't play guitars!' The Liverbirds' story
How four teenagers from Liverpool became the UK's first all-female rock'n'roll band
17 Apr 2024,40 mins
We turned our experience of neurodiversity into a manga
When Eri Nanato was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, she and her husband turned to manga
16 Apr 2024,40 mins
The boy with red hair: 26 years searching for my stolen son
Sara Méndez’s desperate hunt for her baby boy, vanished during Uruguay’s military regime
15 Apr 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Big waves, blue birds and a band of mothers
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
12 Apr 2024,40 mins
The yellow house and the doctor who experimented on me
Evy Mages learns the truth about her time in an Austrian ‘child-observation station'
11 Apr 2024,40 mins
The surfer who found the world’s biggest wave
Garrett McNamara made history when he surfed a 78-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal
10 Apr 2024,40 mins
A mother’s quest to uncover why her neighbours kept dying
Sofía Gatica was set on finding out the cause of sickness in her area, no matter the cost
09 Apr 2024,40 mins
Helping the children of incarcerated parents get to college
Yasmine Arrington has set up a scholarship fund for the children of incarcerated parents
08 Apr 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Peace, love and iconic hair
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
05 Apr 2024,40 mins
From suburbia to stardom: I created Ziggy Stardust's hair
The chance encounter that led Suzi Ronson to style David Bowie's iconic look
04 Apr 2024,40 mins
Digital love: Why I 'married' a cartoon popstar
At his lowest ebb Akihiko Kondo found sanctuary with an AI popstar, but faced a backlash
03 Apr 2024,40 mins
Sound dreams: The making of a world-class composer
Errollyn Wallen was told she was nothing special, but her music proved them wrong
02 Apr 2024,40 mins
How to talk to guerillas
Leyner Palacios grew up around volatile armed groups so he learned to negotiate with them
01 Apr 2024,40 mins
Escaping Idi Amin’s war in a stolen plane
Ebrahim Kisoro and his colleagues commandeered a plane to fly to safety
28 Mar 2024,40 mins
How to get over it: A tale of passion, pain and Nobel Prizes
Bruno Lemaitre made the discovery of his life – but someone else got the Nobel Prize
27 Mar 2024,40 mins
A Libyan kidnapping and the words that brought us together
Lucy Sexton was making a TV series about hostages when her father Joe was abducted
26 Mar 2024,40 mins