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Why an educated Russian works as a cleaner in Oxford
Abbey Chicken
How the world changes when a woman falls in love with a woman
Adam Sanford
How life no longer feels like sitting through an intermission
Alan Cooksley
Why being a hairdresser satisfies the need for perfection
Alan Human
What a philosopher, certified insane, thinks about his doctors
Alison Brading
How an incontinence specialist overcomes obstacles, and feeds ants
Andrew Wilkie
Why a medical geneticist, with a taste for the visual and no TV, seeks out solitude
Andy Bell
Why a grower of organic vegetables needs to travel the world in search of 'good people'
Anne Chatterton
How a practioner of Zen, and sometime artist, lives life as a part of the world
Anonymous
The wisdom and the waste brought on by heroin addiction
Anonymous
How a music-lover, heavily in debt, faces up to homelessness and uncertainty
Anonymous
How to find inspiration in every generation
Anonymous
We are so used to getting what we want that any sense of appreciation is lost
Anthony Smith
How the President of an Oxford college views his life at the head of public institutions
Athene Reiss
Why a school governor wants to empower children
Bi Scott
'Under the winter snow the spring grass grows' (1)
Bi Scott
'Exiled from my future, I have a subdued sense of self' (2)
Brian Edwards
How a retired human resources manager copes with being a widower
David William Jones
How a brain tumour can change your life, and how it can have no effect at all
Dawn
'When I pass away I want people to say, "She was a really nice gal...she really helped people." '
Duncan Brown
Why I am a liar and would like to be a poet who writes about rage and violence
Eli Harriss
Counselling myself through life events (aged 3-22)
Ellen Bassani
How a woman born without sight found 'another way of living'
Eric Maddern
Eric Maddern in conversation with Christina Hardyment
Eve Hoare
Nobody told me about the starting gun: Why the years from sixty to seventy were the best of my life
Fabien Turbe
Why life as a fisherman is not enough, and how becoming a chef, and having children, might be
Francis Fairweather
Why a nurse thinks 'we surely can't be here just to do things for ourselves'
Frank F
What to do with the clutter of life
Gary French
What wisdom can be obtained from working with the mentally ill
Geoff Woods
What a person adds when writing about himself to what he says in conversation
Hesam
A Guide to the Self-Portrait
Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris in conversation with Christina Hardyment
James Powell
How cucumber hinders the journey from identity to consciousness
Jane
Our Indestructible Heart Essence
Jeff Greaves
How to come back to life after your children's deaths