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Drawing Fire
The power and purpose of newspaper cartoons
River Blindness
Report from Ghana on the effects of the disease river blindness
Pain
Exploring our relationship with pain
Rwanda
Young people from Kigali share their personal experiences of living in Rwanda
Returning to Zimbabwe
How bad is the economy in Zimbabwe?
Two Halves of a Whole - South Africa to Holland
Tracing Afrikaans roots back from South Africa Holland
Yoga Head to Toe
Mark Tully meets Yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, aka 'Guruji'
Like Another Mahabharata
The letters of Sikh soldiers from the Western Front during the First World War.
From Pittsburgh to The Hebrides
Following in the footsteps of folklorist Margaret Fay Shaw to the Hebrides
Up in Flames
'They could try to save the opera house or save Venice'. The fire that destroyed La Fenice
Charing Cross Road
A look at the vibrant and varied life on Charing Cross Rd
Fire -Tool or Weapon?
Forest fires and their effects on various countries
Breaking the Silence
Filipino women break their silence on domestic abuse
Global Perspective - Seawalls
Sea walls or sea birds?A look at the controversy over maintaining sea walls on Blackwater
The Amber Room
What happened to an amber-filled chamber described as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'?
Wild at Heart - African Childhood
Contributors describe their earliest memories of growing up in the bush in Africa
Global Perspective - The Island on Dry Land
A visit to Schokland and a look at Netherlands relationship with the sea
Global Perspective - Fire and Ice
Experiencing the harsh weather of Teller in Alaska
Global Perspective - Kiribati in Crisis
The consequences of rising sea levels for Kiribati
First Words
A look at how children acquire language
The Image of Rosita
Giving birth in a tree. Recalling the powerful image of the rescue of Carolina Pedro
Sanctuary
'The blind arrogance of Australia's early aclimatisers'
Cementing the Ties
Travelling from Oldham to Bangladesh on an educational mission
Stealing the Glory
The story of the black explorer who was the first person to reach the North Pole
No Word for 'Robin'
A look at the effects of climate change in Banks Island
The Iranians
A look at life in Iran 22 years after the Islamic Revolution
The Whisky Route
Learning how to make Scottish whisky
Our World Lives on
The race against time to preserve Yiddish as a language in Eastern Europe
Solitude
Accounts of different experiences of loneliness and isolation
Runaway Brides
The perils of arranged marriages for Bangladeshi girls
Images of Belsen - Part One
The horrific conditions discovered when the Nazi concentration camp was liberated in 1945