I went for a run and found the one place I can be my authentic self
Whatever my future holds, I will always go to parkrun.
This BBC nuclear horror left me traumatised in 1984 – I never recovered
The film has cast a (mushroom) cloud over my life ever since.
I needed mum’s help with my son – but I’ll never reach out to her
It has been exactly eight years since I last had any contact with my family
I know how hard it is to rejoin the workforce – it took me 20 years
I just assumed no one would take a chance on a bi-lateral amputee.
A child needed a ventilator, then we found maggots in his throat
As I was operating on an eight-year-old child who was bleeding to death, a scrub nurse alerted me to the fact that there were no more swabs available.
Hamas kidnapped my 84-year-old father – I don’t know if he’s still alive
Both of my parents were violently kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
I just wanted to use the loo in peace – a woman’s actions led to me detransitioning
Incidents like the one in the bathroom chipped away any self-worth I had left.
I’ve been fired 14 times in 8 years for something I can’t control
To this day, roughly eight years post treatment, I’ve been unsuccessful in re-entering the workforce – though not from lack of trying.
My great-grandfather died in anonymity – then everything changed
Being the first Black man to join the Auxiliary Fire Service was just one of several firsts in his extraordinary life.
I felt like I stood out like a sore thumb until I met 4 other women
To see no one else like me made me feel sad and self conscious.
I legally changed my name to Bond, James Bond aged 49
Three people named James Bond talk about what it’s like to navigate life in the shadow of the most famous Secret Service agent in the world.
My date was hot, charming and rich – but he still lived with his parents
Needless to say, it was the most expensive first date of my life.
I was loving sex until I realised my partner was clocking off
I can practically hear him thinking, ‘When is she going to finish?’
My kids stopped asking for screen time after I made them complete 4 tasks
The days of proclaiming ‘I’m bored’ were no more.
I started crying during a one-night-stand – my lover had no idea why
I learned the hard way that rebound sex can be complicated.
Man who found painting in dump when he was 11 gets very nice payday 13 years later
They confirmed that my painting was a genuine, 500-year-old engraving.
I was 21 and straight – the nurse couldn’t believe I had HIV
‘I’m sure it has to be false positive,’ the nurse said reassuringly.
I joined parkrun to get fitter at 40 – I ended up married
It just so happens that, at this first parkrun - and all future runs - my guide runner was Mike.
Mum told me about her sex life and the men she cheated on Dad with
I began to see a counsellor as I’d realised how abnormal and dysfunctional my family life was.
Kelly Holmes: I’m used to random men trying to beat me whenever I run
I stopped running for about six months and ate every takeaway you can imagine. I’m not going to lie, I loved it!
When my breast milk turned yellow, I knew something was really wrong
As a result, something as natural as breastfeeding nearly killed me.
I was put in hospital against my will for 4 years
I was moved into a long-stay hospital where I was detained under the Mental Health Act.
I thought I’d met the perfect man – until I showed up for our first date
That was when I saw five guys, out of nowhere, come towards me. One of them pulled out a knife and told me to be quiet.
I had no idea my daughter’s headache marked the beginning of the end
Everything was perfect. Until it wasn’t.
