UK farmers call for weedkiller ban over Parkinson’s fears
Ken now visits Julie's farm. He has a twinkle in his eye, but his clarity of speech has gone. "It's a horrible disease,"...
Growing up around land-mines: How the Falklands conflict shaped me
On Friday 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands. It had claimed sovereignty over the islands for...
A Ukrainian man has to choose between his family and his country
More than four million people have left Ukraine since the war started, but tens of thousands are also going the other way.The BBC’s...
The guitarist who saved hundreds of people on a sinking cruise liner
By now the Oceanos was taking in more and more water and heeling markedly to its starboard side. Launching the remaining lifeboats on...
South Asian diaspora recall gnawing loneliness in post-war Britain
The 1948 British Nationality Act meant people who came from the former colonies or the empire automatically became British citizens. Britain needed workers...
