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Trapped underground: my 54-hour cave rescue
When George Linnane fell in a cave, it was the start of the UK's longest rescue
Stabbed as a boy – and becoming a poet for a lost generation
‘The Gen Z poet’ Dan Whitlam survived a violent attack aged 16, he now writes about love
Tim Berners-Lee: The man who dreamed of a World Wide Web
The web's inventor on the unique life that inspired a tech revolution
The baby-dinosaur hunter who ended up in Hollywood
Jack Horner inspired a character in Jurassic Park after the dino discovery of a lifetime
The escape from Vietnam that tore my family apart
Doan made it onto one of the last helicopters from Saigon but her sister was left behind
Enter the new dragon: the Bruce Lee of Afghanistan
Abbas Alizada copied his hero’s kung fu moves – and look – and became an overnight star
Jane Goodall: In her own words
The celebrated chimpanzee expert talks about her loves and her life amongst the apes
Sweet surprise: I found my birth mother in my local bakery
Vamarr and Lenore had a close bond for years without realising they were related
Zarna Garg: The rise of an ‘unstoppable’ comedy star
Once a homeless teen in Mumbai, now Zarna Garg’s a top comedian, touring with Tina Fey
I sent three innocent teenagers to prison for life
Ron Bishop says police forced him to tell lies on the witness stand during a murder trial