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    My history-making solo flight around the world

    Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin became the first African pilot to fly solo around the world

  2. I impersonated Jackie Wilson, then I found out he was my dad

    A chance encounter with Bruno Mars' dad led Bobby Brooks to the discovery of a lifetime

  3. At 18, I could not read, now I’m a Cambridge professor

    Jason Arday was diagnosed with autism and global development delay at the age of three

  4. My secret photos of South Korea's fight for democracy

    Na Kyung-taek risked his life to document a brutal military crackdown in South Korea

  5. The sound of the Arab Spring? Are you joking?

    Singer Hamed Sinno reflects on the success and silencing of their band Mashrou’ Leila

  6. Sewing to protest in a Chilean prison camp

    Student Cristina Zamora found courage in creativity when she was taken from her baby

  7. A Syrian tale of two chocolate factories

    Tareq Hadhad is the son of a Syrian chocolatier who rebuilt the family business after war

  8. The indigenous singer-songwriter who was ahead of her time

    Buffy Sainte-Marie's pioneering career included famed love songs and iconic protest songs

  9. Learning about life by studying the bones of the dead

    Alexa Hagerty helped uncover mass graves of the 'disappeared' in Guatemala and Argentina

  10. Why I help girls leave gangs

    Trouble at home led Cherie Johnson to crime. Now she helps others to change their lives

  11. Discovering my grandfather’s secret Nazi past

    Growing up Julie Lindahl had been forbidden from looking into her family history

  12. The Kyiv composer preserving his city’s disappearing sounds

    After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Oleh Shpudeiko made an album to preserve Kyiv's sound

  13. I played violin during my brain surgery

    Dagmar Turner played to prevent any damage to her violin skills.

  14. Miracle at Point Nemo: Rescued from the remotest spot on Earth

    Isabelle Autissier was alone in the Pacific, trapped in a capsized boat

  15. My dad helped me across the Olympic finish line

    Derek Redmond was competing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when he tore his hamstring

  16. I was surfing world champion but no one knew my name

    Pauline Menczer won her title in 1993 with the odds stacked against her in every way

  17. Michael Rosen’s stories for life: The happy, silly, and sad

    Children have been captivated by Michael’s poems, but his work has also dealt with loss

  18. My long-distance race to making an Oscar-nominated film

    The triathlete behind 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

  19. Eyes on the prize: Pakistan’s first trans film star

    Rejected by family and society, Alina Khan carved her own path to big screen fame

  20. Italy’s revolutionary basketball team

    Massimo Antonelli set up team Tam Tam, and blazed a trail for 'foreign' kids in sport

  21. How the girl who was denied an education founded her own school

    As a child Ashwini Angadi was turned away from school because of her visual impairment

  22. Falling in love with the Tinder Swindler

    Norwegian Cecilie Fjellhøy on the fateful Tinder match that led her to bankruptcy

  23. Terror below deck: How I survived a pirate hijack

    The marine engineer held hostage by pirates for eight gruelling months

  24. How a camera lens helped us rediscover our love

    Yemeni couple Mariam and Mohammed experienced war and loss but found solace in filmmaking

  25. An SMS changed our lives: 'Brother. do. you. love. me.'

    Brothers Manni and Reuben Coe, and the text that prompted a lockdown rescue mission

  26. The sport I love damaged my brain

    Former rugby player Alix Popham can't remember some of his finest moments on the pitch

  27. How a kids’ TV star ended up on China’s most wanted list

    Uyghur Gulchehra Hoja’s heavy price for leaving China and becoming a dissident reporter

  28. We left as kayakers and came back as dissidents

    Andrzej and Jacek escaped Communist Poland on an adventure. Life would never be the same

  29. Cockroaches, mice and mouldy walls: Why I fight for better homes

    Kwajo Tweneboa’s own experience inspired him to stand up for Britain's poorest tenants

  30. The chicken who sailed the world

    Guirec Soudée sailed around the world with just his chicken Monique for company

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