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Sport
"I was in a dark place": How Novak Djokovic nearly quit the sport that he came to dominate
We meet the tennis GOAT who's left the world behind
"Millennials know what this country should stand for”: David Lammy rebrands Britain
We met with MP for Tottenham David Lammy to rethink what it is we want to be known for
The Messi of cricket is British: meet Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson is the greatest English bowler of all time – and finally he’s coming out of his shell
Films
The art of bouncing back (according to men who returned from the brink of disaster)
It's not just for Alan Partridge you know
“I’ve seen men executing other people and then eating them”: Seven life lessons learned by a war reporter
War reporter James Brabazon on fear, courage and humanity in the world's most dangerous places
Sport
Conor Benn on being called 'The Destroyer' and still being a role model for young men
"To be a man, you don't have to be the baddest... why can't you just be the kindest?"
Sport
Why Gareth Southgate is more than just a ‘feel good football story’
How the England manager’s kindness, empathy and human touch have created a new template for success
Music
"I didn't have the tools to know why I was in so much pain": Jordan Stephens on the trouble with being a man
The actor and former Rizzle Kicks rapper thinks we're getting masculinity wrong
Sport
We got three artists to produce original works of famous World Cup moments
The beautiful game indeed
Music
"Prince William and I weren't friends": Frank Turner talks royalty and kindness
Singer-songwriter Frank Turner has come a long way since his Eton days
Films
We took Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters back to their old stomping grounds to discover their old friendships
And how they made them the men they are today
This is what it's like to be eaten by a hippo
"Time passes very slowly when you're in a hippo's mouth"
Inside the minds of the planet’s most sadistic men
What makes a man become a monster?
Films
Christoph Waltz reveals humanity's top five flaws
The legendary actor puts us all on blast
Tech
How modern life is gnawing away at your very soul
Why your daily routine might be making you overstressed and dangerously under-rested
Tech
10-year journey: KSI on posting FIFA vlogs to becoming bigger than YouTube
And selling his Tron-themed Lamborghini
TV
10-year journey: Jack Whitehall on telling jokes in the university union bar to selling out arenas
And a scrap with Steven Seagal
Drugs, disease and dead bodies: How I survived a Thai prison
Billy Moore spent three years in two of Thailand’s toughest prisons. This is his story
How to go on the run and never get caught
By a man who did it for 20 years, and lived the high life with it
Health & Fitness
Power and Pain: The incredible loneliness of being superhumanly strong
What drives a person to gain super strength? We travel with strongman Laurence Shahlaei to find out...