We saved each other

When Atlanta Landsberg, 45, heard her older sibling Karla had breast cancer, she was devastated. Then, heartbreakingly, she had her own bad news

Oceans apart, but my bestie knew just the right words to say

To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, John Eskdale and other survivors share their harrowing memories of war and stories of hope

Alsu Kurmasheva was jailed in a Russian prison on false charges. Separated from her family and with no end in sight, she turned to the one thing that kept her hope alive

Many years ago a friend taught me how to make teddy bears, and I still have a few that are precious to me. But the bear that I treasure the most is a very tiny bear hand stitched by my friend as a spe

Their mama often told of the legend that, one day, she hoped would work its magic