Bear grylls saved our lives

Sometimes, whether down to judgement or pure bad luck, things go wrong. We gathered a team of experts and asked them to tell us about a time the proverbial hit the fan – and how they escaped.

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

It’s been more than 25 years and yet one memory of my late sister Claire remains embalmed in my mind. It was a month before she jetted off to her backpacking adventure in Australia, in October 1999. C

Last year, Daniela Tarrant received the phone call every parent dreads – her son Luke had had a serious accident while travelling

A rummage in the freezer saved my little boy’s life

It’s the (hypothetical) end of the world but we’re feeling fine thanks to this collection of essential survival kit