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A top Iranian chess umpire and her impossible decision
Shohreh Bayat was one of Asia’s top chess umpires until she was faced with an ultimatum

Living without time: The cave experiment we didn't want to end
Fifteen people lived in darkness to see what it did to their perception of time

The quiet Louisiana grandma who became an environmental warrior
Sharon Lavigne campaigned to stop a plastics factory being built in her riverside parish

Andy Cole: Goals, glory and the battle for his life
Manchester United star Andy Cole went from top scorer to transplant survivor

The spies in my house
Confronting the Stasi agent who watched me for fifteen years

‘Aids Angel’ – I gave love in a time of prejudice and fear
Ruth Coker Burks cared for hundreds of HIV+ gay men abandoned by their families

The doctor treating children 8000 miles away
Afghan refugee Meena Said is saving the lives of children in her homeland

Saving the songs of the Sahara
The defiant life of desert music pioneer Fadimata Walet Oumar

Keeping up with Australia's rebellious Buddhist nun
Robina Courtin went from being a radical feminist to martial arts expert to Buddhist nun

The perilous world of a ‘cult deprogrammer’
Rick Alan Ross went from selling cars to trying to rescue people from cults