Leigh Straw tells the story of Lillian Armfield, arch enemy of serial criminals Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh et al

Jan Becker on her work saving the lives of newborn babies in Sub-Saharan Africa, in 'the golden minute' after birth (R)

Chasing the back beat and adventures in wide open spaces, Rob remains essentially the same as the boy he was

Virginia Lloyd's talent for the piano shaped her early life

Lisa-Ann Gershwin is among the world's foremost jellyfish biologists (R)

Neil James on the Australian soldiers sent to WWI with spurs, a clasp knife and two books of verse

Alan Cockerill explains the revolutionary philosophy of educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky (R)

Young Robert Lukins modelled himself on the fictional character Adrian Mole, a prodigious reader and writer

Marine biologist Micheline Jenner has lived at sea, researching humpbacks, for thirty years

When James Jeffrey's parents split up, his life took on a seismic instability