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‘Don’t my birth children have a right to know I’m dying?'
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Hanna wanted to tell the twins taken from her at 16 - but had no way of reaching them.
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‘Don’t my birth children have a right to know I’m dying?'
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Hanna wanted to tell the twins taken from her at 16 - but had no way of reaching them.
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A British story of resistance told through music
This time, the revolution is being televised, but it was music that gave Black Power a timeless platform.
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The UK professor and the fake Russian agent
An email exchange between a UK professor and a man called "Ivan" shows how intense the information war over Syria remains.
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Lockdown projects: Happy stories from a year like no other
You told us what projects kept you going in lockdown, from dancing to writing and inventing games.
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'I've only left my home five times this year'
Michaela Hollywood led a jet-set lifestyle until coronavirus hit, then she had to shield.
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'My father, the killer'
Some of the children of men who helped to "disappear" thousands of Argentines in the 1970s and 80s are now speaking out - against their fathers.
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‘Don’t my birth children have a right to know I’m dying?'
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Hanna wanted to tell the twins taken from her at 16 - but had no way of reaching them.
![Linton Kwesi Johnson and Darcus Howe in 1979](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/EFE4/production/_117721416_bp3374_m_urbanimage_lintonanddarcusracetoday1979.jpg)
A British story of resistance told through music
This time, the revolution is being televised, but it was music that gave Black Power a timeless platform.
![Prof Paul McKeigue](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/66B3/production/_117719262_prof-new.jpg)
The UK professor and the fake Russian agent
An email exchange between a UK professor and a man called "Ivan" shows how intense the information war over Syria remains.
![Priyyanka Shah Malkan and Fiona Heakin](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/D54C/production/_117640645_priyanka_fiona976b.jpg)
Lockdown projects: Happy stories from a year like no other
You told us what projects kept you going in lockdown, from dancing to writing and inventing games.
![Michaela holding a sign which says '365 days of shielding today, yay' as taken on 12 March](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/17986/production/_117664669_mediaitem117664668.jpg)
'I've only left my home five times this year'
Michaela Hollywood led a jet-set lifestyle until coronavirus hit, then she had to shield.
![Paula and her father](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/9C52/production/_117681004_paula_2.jpg)
'My father, the killer'
Some of the children of men who helped to "disappear" thousands of Argentines in the 1970s and 80s are now speaking out - against their fathers.
![Linton Kwesi Johnson and Darcus Howe in 1979](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/EFE4/production/_117721416_bp3374_m_urbanimage_lintonanddarcusracetoday1979.jpg)
A British story of resistance told through music
This time, the revolution is being televised, but it was music that gave Black Power a timeless platform.
![Prof Paul McKeigue](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/66B3/production/_117719262_prof-new.jpg)
The UK professor and the fake Russian agent
An email exchange between a UK professor and a man called "Ivan" shows how intense the information war over Syria remains.
![Priyyanka Shah Malkan and Fiona Heakin](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210401040811/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/D54C/production/_117640645_priyanka_fiona976b.jpg)
Lockdown projects: Happy stories from a year like no other
You told us what projects kept you going in lockdown, from dancing to writing and inventing games.