Andrew Mitchell: From Child Soldier to Bricklayer - Thanks to British Aid
David Ojok was walking home from school when the gunmen came for him. He was just 13 and was taken prisoner before being inducted into Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army. Led by self-proclaimed messiah Joseph Kony, the rebel group inflicted unimaginable suffering during two decades of violence in Africa's longest running civil conflict. David, now 18, was one of 60,000 children abducted by the LRA - trapped in a terrifying limbo - in fear for his life with little hope of a future free from violence. Summoning incredible bravery, the teenager escaped his captors and is now looking ahead to a brighter future as a brick layer with training supported by British aid.
Rose George: How to Save the World With Sanitation
Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.
The third and final part of my Star Trek editing endeavours. I hope you all enjoy it as much as the previous two parts. Part 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6n1zmyMbdg Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0SJ9HuB5k
Max von Sydow has been making movies since 1949, with everyone from Ingmar Bergman to Woody Allen. Now, at 82, he could be about to win his first Oscar, writes Hadley Freeman
An animated introduction to the UN's Global Pulse initiative - YouTube
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C-3PO as Nude Descending is priceless: "Art History Through Sci Fi-Colored
Pastiche? Mash-up? The best form of flattery? Whatever you want to call it, artists have enjoyed riffing on historical paintings for ages. For some, it’s a fun way to learn and explore issues of co…
Brilliant: "Christianity is trying to portray itself as under the cosh yet
People with faith say secularism has become an aggressive and intolerant force in Britain. What has gone wrong? It should bring society together, says Julian Baggini