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Since I started doing search and rescue five years ago, I have found seven survivors. Sadly, the number I find dead is higher
In 2012, I was a student and had arrived in Taiwan from the Czech Republic…
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The 2018 final against Germany went to penalties – we thrashed them and won gold
I was 12 years old when I first played foosball – table football – in the summer of 1975 in Beirut. My home city was un…
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Decades after my father’s death, I was still angry about losing him. Finding a good-luck symbol set me on a new path
Sumter, South Carolina, where I grew up, was nicknamed “Murk City”. It’s not all b…
29 days ago
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Luke spoke about how he irons his T-shirts and keeps a strict budget spreadsheet. I was hooked
The Dull Men’s Club popped up on my Facebook feed one day in late 2023. It’s now called Banana for Scale …
43 days ago
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As a conflict journalist, I was aware of the dangers – but nothing prepares you for the mental trauma
I arrived in Mogadishu as a conflict photojournalist in 2008. Years of civil war had left the Soma…
50 days ago
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…
57 days ago
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…
64 days ago
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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…
71 days ago
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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 …
78 days ago
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…