BBC News Long Reads

How disabled gamers formed a winning esports team called the Quad Gods.

Many are finding things do not smell right after Covid - and that most foods smell and taste disgusting.

Fyodor Cherenkov was an outstanding talent, a football hero in the Soviet Union. He also suffered terribly with mental illness.

Stripped of presidential powers and silenced online, can Trump still make a political comeback?

Jesse Thistle, a high school dropout, overcame addiction and homelessness to pursue an academic career.

The extraordinary life of an American who invited hundreds of thousands to his Paris home for dinner.

When Farah Sayeed told her mother she wasn't coming home after university, it caused a painful rift.

Sergio Ramos divides opinion, even in the Real Madrid boardroom, which helps explain why a modern great has an uncertain future.

Lisa Montgomery's lawyers argued she was a mentally ill victim of abuse who deserved mercy, but her victim's community said otherwise.

Singer Talia Dean was 18 when she first had symptoms of axial spondyloarthritis. It took 15 years to get a diagnosis.

The first hijab-wearing supermodel, Halima Aden, tells the BBC why she abandoned the fashion industry.

Barcelona's first Brazilian striker left for Real Madrid, managed Iraq with Saddam Hussein's son and beat Pele to a goalscoring record.

The amazing life of Johnny Smythe - RAF officer, prisoner of war and a father of the Windrush generation.

The Kani brothers presided over a reign of terror in the Libyan town of Tarhuna - now their crimes are being revealed.

Jimmy Carter was the first British Asian to play in the Premier League, but almost nobody realised and 11 years passed before another followed.

Anisa Subedar fell in love with a visiting cat. It wanted attention, so she gave it attention. Then it disappeared.

A 22-year-old became seriously ill with Covid while pregnant, but ultimately both mother and baby were saved.

Dorothy Bonarjee was Indian by birth, English by upbringing, French by marriage - and Welsh at heart.