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In 1994 a group of six Belgian families boarded a plane from Brussels to Beijing, all with the same intention: to adopt a baby girl. Aged between 6 months

Telling people you’re a nihilist isn’t exactly a conversation starter. When I bring it up, people make The Face: part grimace, part polite yet exhauste

London-based Norwegian photographer Nora Nord was diagnosed with ADHD in 2018, when she was in her early 20s. It was an immensely freeing feeling, she says

Competition and judgment — can friendship exist without them? If you say the worst possible thing about yourself that others could say about you, does it

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Carina Maggar is a creative copywriter who has worked for brands such as ASOS, YouTube, Pepsi, Channel 4 and more, and is the author of nonfiction book Ho

When Kai Harris was writing What The Fireflies Knew, it was important to her to tell a story about Black girlhood. “I have always enjoyed reading about B