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The untold stories of mother and baby homes
Back when we had more spontaneous conversations, maybe at a party or on a train, people told me about secrets within their families. Whenever I said I was writing about the mother and baby home institutions, everyone seemed to have a story: a mother sent away by a priest and separated from her child, a …
‘Paradise island’ hosts untold botanical treasures
Image copyright RBG Kew Image caption A flower from a species of forest climbers New Guinea has the highest plant diversity of any island in the world, botanists have discovered. The first full inventory of plants on the world’s largest tropical island reveals a treasure trove of flora. More than 13,000 species can be found …
‘My world just crumbled’: the untold wreckage of concussions in surfing | Sport
It looks like the sea is aiming at her. The wave lifts, lunges and detonates and Mercedes Maidana lies on her board as she is engulfed and vanishes, sucked into a booming, churning cloud. She is rescued and returns to shore on a jet ski, life vest bulging under her wetsuit. A red rivulet drips …
Conscientious objectors of first world war – their untold tales | World news
The list includes Horace Eaton, a 27-year-old from Bradford who believed war symbolised “the teaching of hatred and murder”, James Burchell, a gardener from Scarborough who regarded every life as sacred, and Norman Gaudie, a railway clerk, footballer for Sunderland reserves and committed pacifist. All three were among the 20,000 men who registered as conscientious …
