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I became a cycling champion – but I was booed

From a broken bike to British champion – Maurice Burton had to battle his way to the top

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A kidnap, a betrayal, and a letter that tore open the past

Alegra’s earliest memory is being abducted. At 40, she comes to understand what happened

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The Lijadu Sisters: Nigeria’s twin Afropop pioneers

Yeye Taiwo Lijadu and her twin Kehinde daringly sang songs of protest in 1970s Nigeria

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Outlook Mixtape: Rocky paths and fearless futures

Your bonus edition with the stories we love

• 40 mins

Saving New York's African burial ground

Peggy King Jorde on doing the right thing for some of the first Africans in North America

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Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain

When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die

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Making sense of a childhood hidden from apartheid

Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid but didn't realise until it was over

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The long climb back

Climbing took a beloved friend of Gus Taylor’s but ultimately also gave Gus his life back

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Outlook Mixtape: Goats to the rescue and the Afropop twins

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I could never paint my teenage son – until I lost him

Artist Alison Lapper on painting Parys, her late, ‘too beautiful’ teenage son

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Bringing my mother tongue to the music industry

Bolivian Luzmila Carpio was stopped from singing in Quechua, but she fought to be heard

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Bernhard Schlink: Forbidden love and a dangerous escape

The famed author of The Reader risked it all to get his girlfriend out of East Berlin

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The journalist who took down a billion-dollar company

Dan McCrum investigated a story at Wirecard that had him fearing for his safety

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Outlook Mixtape: The tip-off, a seagull, and a lover’s escape

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• 40 mins