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Sects, lies and videotape: a Syrian story, part 1
Loubna Mrie secretly filmed Syria’s uprising, despite her family’s loyalty to the regime

The couple who foiled New Zealand’s biggest drugs plot
An ordinary couple caught up in the country's biggest meth case for doing a good deed

I bought Macclesfield FC while drunk and it saved my life
When Rob Smethurst was gripped by addiction, building a football club helped him get out

Colm Tóibín: How an Irish boy with a stammer found his voice
He’s now a best-selling author who brought the glitz of Hollywood to his small-town home

The gay Kenyan boyband star who refused to be defeated
When singer Willis Chimano was outed, the exposure threatened to derail his entire life

Laughter saved me: the comedian turning tragedy into comedy
Krystal Evans survived a house fire at 14. To make sense of it, she turned to stand-up

Living a lie: discovering my dad faked who he was
Joanne Briggs thought her dad was a scientific superhero. But he was hiding a dark secret

Fatima Whitbread: from abandoned baby to world champion
The British athlete found both a mother and a coach in one person, and went on to win gold

One suitcase, three kids: a broke scientist pursues a dream
Once a homeless single mum, Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is now a nanomedicine pioneer

I broke the most important rule: don't get attached
Youth worker Nicolas Lunabba let troubled teenager Elijah make a home on his sofa