After a period of burnout, I realised that nature knows what you need, and is always ready to offer it – you just have to be quiet enough to receive it
In 2022 I moved to Clevedon, near Bristol. As so…
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Experience: we sold everything to live on cruise ships ⊕
I used to get seasick – but after taking a chance on a cruise, I fell in love with ship-living, met my future partner onboard, and gave up life on land
Until I was 47, I thought cruises were stupid. I…
19 days ago
Experience: we found a baby on the subway – now he’s our 26-year-old son ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
I was rushing towards the turnstile when I noticed a bundle of clothes in a corner. I walked over, peeled back a dark sweatshirt, and saw him
In the summer of 2000, I could never have imagined becomin…
26 days ago
Experience: I smuggled myself out of the UK ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
We were locked in a box in a lorry for 12 hours. I’ve never been so terrified
I escaped from my home, Soran, in the Erbil area of northern Iraq, in 2011 when I was 19 years old. My life was in danger …
33 days ago
Experience: I am the best lightsaber fighter in Europe ⊕
Some people wear elaborate clothes and spin their sabers like in the movies, but if you fight theatrically you’ll lose
I grew up in the suburbs around Paris and started fencing when I was five. I kept…
40 days ago
Experience: I died on my 44th birthday ⊖
The day I was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, I knew my life would end with euthanasia
I chose to die at 44 because ALS (motor neurone disease) left me paralysed. I still loved my life, even to …
47 days ago
Experience: I’ve won £1m on the lottery – twice ⊕⊕
The chances of that happening? Over 24 trillion to one
I have played the lottery since I was 18. I always felt I was going to win big one day. When my children were born, I started using regular numbe…
I went to a gory serial killer exhibit – has America’s true crime obsession gone too far? ⊖⊖
The ‘experience’ in New York sensationalizes history’s most gruesome murders – and pays little respect to the victims
It occurred to me the second I idly tapped “submit” on the waiver required to ente…
54 days ago
Experience: I won the world’s deepest underground marathon ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
I tried not to think about the 1,300 metres of solid rock over my head
Running has always been a passion of mine. I started as a child in the Yorkshire Dales, moving to cross-country at university, th…
61 days ago
Experience: my house was taken over by 70,000 bees ⊖
My daughter complained of monsters in her closet – at night she could hear a hum in the wall
It started in September 2023, when my daughter Saylor was three years old. She began having trouble sleepin…