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Collection: Adversity

  • John Hajdu MBE

    Published February 3, 2025

    John Hajdu MBE Shares His Story of Survival as a Boy During the Holocaust 80 years since Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated, 87-year-old Holocaust survivor John Hajdu MBE shared his story of…

  • Giles Duley MBE

    Published October 21, 2024

    Giles Duley MBE on the Legacy of War Photographer & storyteller Giles Duley MBE joins me from Ukraine where his NGO – the Legacy of War Foundation – is providing…

  • Judith Tebbutt

    Published October 22, 2023

    Judith Tebbutt’s kidnap story of hope, resilience & survival Jude Tebbutt was on holiday in Kenya with her husband David in 2011 when she was snatched in the dead of…

  • Mark De-Lisser

    Published October 1, 2023

    Mark De-Lisser – Connecting the World Through Song If you watched the King’s Coronation Concert, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee music extravaganza, or were one of the millions tuned in to…

  • Gamal Turawa

    Published February 27, 2023

    The Black Cop, winner of Best British Short Film at last year’s BAFTAs, is the story of Gamal ‘G’ Turawa’s life growing up with a white foster family in Kent,…

  • Shabnam Dawran

    Published March 6, 2022

    Afghan news presenter Shabnam Dawran on standing up to the Taliban To mark International Women’s day, we hear from Shabnam Dawran – a national news presenter from Afghanistan – who…

  • Mark Ormrod

    Published November 14, 2021

    Triple amputee & Pride of Britain winner Mark Ormrod MBE shares his incredible story This year’s Pride of Britain Fundraiser of the Year & Royal Marines Veteran Mark Ormrod tells…

  • Jay Flynn

    Published July 18, 2021

    The host of Jay’s Virtual Pub Quiz tells Helen his story Jay Flynn shares with Helen how his idea to host a virtual pub quiz for his mates in lockdown…

  • Karen Gibson MBE

    Published July 11, 2021

    Helen chats to the founder/conductor of the gospel choir who sang at the Royal wedding Karen Gibson MBE tells Helen how life for The Kingdom Choir changed after 2 billion…

  • Claire Lomas

    Published May 2, 2020

    Interview with paralysed motivational speaker Claire Lomas MBE When Claire Lomas was paralysed in a riding accident, she remembers thinking in her darkest days how dull life would be. In our…