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Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
David George Haskell: What my grandfather taught me about birdsong

David George Haskell: What my grandfather taught me about birdsong
Author Jan Carson: Britpop, bible camp, Ian Paisley and me

Author Jan Carson: Britpop, bible camp, Ian Paisley and me
Why I used bad guys to spread the message about the climate crisis in my novel

Why I used bad guys to spread the message about the climate crisis in my novel
Raja Shehadeh: We weren’t close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him

Raja Shehadeh: We weren’t close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him
How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition
Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’

Life as a midwife aid worker: ‘Plagued by vivid dreams of the patients I felt I had failed’
Why I created a book full of weird and wonderful images I found in online archives

Why I created a book full of weird and wonderful images I found in online archives
Being deaf is no tragedy – it’s one of my greatest strengths

Being deaf is no tragedy – it’s one of my greatest strengths
I was an Old Bailey judge. Here’s what really goes on in court

I was an Old Bailey judge. Here’s what really goes on in court
How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude

How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude
Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless

Why Māori women in New Zealand are disproportionately likely to be homeless
Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War

Author Scott Anderson on the last CIA survivor of the Cold War
How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation

How Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, staged his own rehabilitation
My one-man mission to build a school – and keep a promise

My one-man mission to build a school – and keep a promise
What I learned from being held hostage for 450 days

What I learned from being held hostage for 450 days
‘I consider myself a foot soldier in the exploration of Mars’

‘I consider myself a foot soldier in the exploration of Mars’
Finding the real Shane MacGowan meant roving down a different road
