"It's just what happens in life...If I had the lever to pull, I don't think that I would change it"

After setting out on a road trip to celebrate their birthdays, two friends slowly realise their adventure will not turn out as they planned

Photo by Tori Ferenc

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"We used to joke when she was a baby that she would murder us...She'd kill us with a knife and say 'Oh, but I love my mummy'"

A mother shares what life has been like bringing up an autistic daughter, talks about the taboos that still exist around having a child with a disability and discusses the lack of support offered to her throughout the years

Photo by Saesha Ward

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"It was such widespread starvation that some strange people on the street used to sell 'beef-burgers' between bombings...It was human flesh" 

A man shares his childhood memories of the Battle of Stalingrad, fleeing the besieged city on a raft with his family and his worries about war today

Photo by Tori Ferenc

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"In terms of ritual, I need to dig in the soil and I need to bury some intention"

A woman discusses religion, spirituality and the value of an open-minded approach to life

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"I was thrilled -  it was a very exciting thing to go through, to think, 'God, he could be alive and I could fill in this picture'"

After getting hold of an old newspaper clipping, a young man goes on the search for his long lost grandfather in order to solve a family mystery

Photo by Tori Ferenc

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"There are so many bad things in life and if you've experienced them, it makes you a more understanding person to your fellow human beings"

About to turn 70, a woman reflects on the experience of being married to an alcoholic and the importance of family

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"I've been in this shop since I was five years old. My uncle started it when he was seventeen"

Fifty years into the job, a tailor takes us on a tour of his shop, shares his simple life pleasures and considers what lies ahead for him

Photo by Tori Ferenc

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"I'm that little person on the corner, fighting that battle saying, 'Please, please take a little bit of me as well'"

A mother relays the predicaments of bringing up a child straddling two cultures

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"All the trees fell, and, after the big eruption of the Karangetang volcano, it looked like hell was coming out"

A Siau man shares what it's like to live and raise a family under the world's most active volcano and relays the Indonesian island's mystical beliefs

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"My friends were saying to me, 'You need to accept this is your life, you have to get this 'western-girl' mentality out of your head'"

A woman caught between two cultures shares the story of her hard-won journey to becoming the British kickboxing and Muay Thai boxing champion



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"There's a spark to life when you're meeting your friends in the nude that just isn't there when everyone has their clothes on"

A man explains how he became a nudist, what happens and doesn't happen in nudist clubs and how non-nudists misinterpret the lifestyle

Photo by Caroline Tompkins

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