Actor Alan Alda has devoted his life to making science more broadly accessible (R)

After years of homelessness, and extreme seclusion, Gregory Smith walked himself into the wider world (R)

Jeanette Winterson endured a difficult childhood to become one of Britain's most successful writers (R)

Scott Stephens in a conversation with Richard Fidler

Julee-Anne Bell uses a form of echo-location to navigate her way around the world (R)

Kevin O'Hare made the leap from ballet star to ballet company director

Mireille's grandmother fled Nazi Germany with a husband she barely knew.

Egyptologist Melanie Pitkin explains why archaeology is more grit than glamour

Carmel O'Brien has spent decades on the frontline of domestic violence

Veterinary pathologist Ross McKenzie studies the toxicity of plants