Meet Richard Garriott, the first person to visit space, both poles and the Mariana Trench
In April, Richard Garriott will become the new president of The Explorers Club, an organisation you can’t join by going
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Meet Gus Casely-Hayford, the man on a mission to drag museums into the 21st century | V&A
Gus Casely-Hayford, the V&A East’s first director, discovered art in the most tender of ways. As a young boy on
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‘Agitated’ Tiger Woods was rushing to meet up with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees
Tiger Wood was rushing to meet NFL stars Drew Bees and Justin Herbert at a golf club where they were
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Meet the man taking over Amazon: Harvard grad and ‘experienced buffalo wings eater’ Andy Jassy
He describes himself as an ‘experienced buffalo wings eater’ – a man so sports mad he built a sports bar
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‘Making our home safe again’: meet the women who clear land mines | Women
As a child, Hana Khider dreamed of Sinjar. Born and brought up in Syria, she remembers her mother telling her
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How much is an elephant worth? Meet the ecologists doing the sums | Biodiversity
In 1996, Prof Shahid Naeem was part of a team of researchers who set out to value the Earth. Specifically,
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Meet the REAL karate kids who’ve been black belts from as young as five
Eye-watering jumps. Sweeping kicks. An unbeatable rush of adrenaline — all from your living room floor. No wonder karate has
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‘They were freaking out’: meet the people treating NHS workers for trauma | Coronavirus
On a dark evening in April, a month into the UK’s first coronavirus lockdown, I joined a shift for the
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Meet the North East heroes who have received New Year Honours in 2021 list
These are the unsung heroes from the North East who have been honoured by the Queen this year. The New
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Now Spain bans British travellers as officials meet in Brussels today to co-ordinate a response
Spain became the latest EU country to ban flights from the EU today, with every member of the bloc now
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