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Seven years ago, the BBC TV presenter and journalist George Alagiah was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The prognosis wasn't good, and he was told to get his affairs in order. George speaks movingly and frankly about coping with the knowledge that his...
Richard Curtis, the writer, director and co-founder of Comic Relief, is bright, optimistic, caring and a huge success at whatever he turned his hand to. His films are loved by millions around the world, and Comic Relief has had a positive impact on...
Ruth Davidson, the former Scottish Conservative leader, is known for her enthusiastic, joyful approach to life, but twice she’s suffered serious injuries. She also wrote candidly about her struggles with clinical depression in her book, “Yes She...
Dr Bruce Perry is one of the world's leading experts on trauma. He recently co-wrote a book with Oprah Winfrey, in which he says for too long we have asked the question, “What’s wrong with you?” when we should be asking, “What happened to you?” He...
The BBC Today programme presenter, Justin Webb, is known for mixing forensic journalistic skills with being a true gentleman. But he had a difficult childhood, brought up by a complex mother with lots of issues and a step-father with a severe mental...
The award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman talks about dealing with extreme trauma and a public breakdown while covering the Conservative Party conference. What she’s learned has helped her not just to cope, but thrive in the often brutal world of...
Tom Bradby is an award-winning journalist and TV presenter, and currently the presenter of ITV News at Ten. In his spare time, he’s written 10 novels and several screenplays. But a few years ago, his life came off the rails, when he had a...
Two days after his 18th birthday, Kenny Imafidon was charged with a murder he did not commit. He spent the next 6 months on remand in Feltham Prison, and became the first person to complete his A levels there. He was eventually acquitted after a...
In 2016, aged 57, Lucy Kellaway quit her prestigious, full-time job as a journalist at The Financial Times to become a trainee teacher. Around the same time, she also left her husband of 25 years, with whom she’d had four children, moved house and...