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The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

When US surgeon Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning, he almost died, but he then developed an insatiable desire to listen to piano music. He's now composing his own sonatas.

In 1994 Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning, and it had the strangest effect on him. Not only did he develop an insatiable desire to listen to piano music - something he'd never been interested in before - but he ended up composing his own sonatas. He tells Outlook's Daniel Gross his remarkable story. (This interview was first broadcast on 7 August, 2017.)

Titilayo Medunoye became a lactation specialist - someone who helps new mothers who have difficulties with breastfeeding - after going through the experience herself when her daughter was born. She’s a lactation pioneer in Nigeria, and was chosen as one of Obama’s African leaders for her work with her company Milky Express and her charitable foundation.

Mubashir Saddique is from a small village in northern Pakistan, and he’s become something of an unlikely online hit in the country. A former football factory worker turned food enthusiast, he's been filming himself whipping up various Pakistani staples. He's the ultimate amateur home cook who does everything from scratch, all his vegetables are from his garden and he even mills his own flour. (This interview was first broadcast on 17 April, 2019)

Picture: Tony Cicoria
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