...capital in 1997. Unconscious One perfectly normal day, two years later, I woke up in St Thomas’ Hospital A&E with no memory of what had happened. Apparently I’d become unconscious...
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...letter was real or a hoax. It was six weeks before the official announcement and I was under strict instruction to keep it a secret from everyone. I won’t forget...
...myself – will anyone listen to what I have to say? I decided – of course they will, so get writing! I grew up in a working-class household, with three...
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...time. But I think back to day one, and it wasn’t easy. There were so many questions: Will people forget me? Will I get lonely? How do I stay in...
...zones, but I have never seen one surrounded by a high perimeter wall with barbed wire, cameras, guard towers, and UN peacekeepers patrolling in armoured tank convoys. Once inside the...
