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The Outlook Mixtape: Fire and Ice
Opposing forces bring about two nail-biting adventures

Dad warned me of the ‘jaguarman’ curse but I didn’t listen
Ignoring his dad’s advice, Raoul de Jong flew to Suriname to find this mythical ancestor

Playing at the ‘World Cup’ with my transplanted kidney
Doctors said I wouldn’t live to five, now I play football at the Transplant World Cup

I spent years pretending to see, now I embrace my blindness
Sudden blindness pushed singer Lachi to reject the secrecy that had shaped her life

Risking it all for love songs
Nguyen Van Loc’s ballads were criminalised in communist North Vietnam

Outlook Mixtape: How does your garden grow?
The king of giant veg, the plant messiah and the composer who turned a garden into music

How I helped create the biggest World Cup song Waka Waka
South African Zolani Mahola worked with Shakira to create the biggest World Cup anthem

I promised I'd fight for the art my mum hid from the Nazis
Judy King and her mother fought for decades to get back their suitcase of Jewish artworks

I had a baby – then lost my memory, part 2
With her past erased, writer Samina Ali must rediscover her son – and herself

I had a baby – then lost my memory, part 1
A crisis at birth leaves Samina Ali unable to recognise her husband or newborn son