A View From A Bridge

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• Forgiving the soldier who blinded me with a rubber bullet: Richard Moore's View From A Bridge

  October 28, 2026 · 18 min

  Growing up in Derry during the Troubles, Richard Moore was blinded by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier when he was just ten years old. Decades later, he met the man who shot him — and found that he felt no anger towards him. On…

• Being seen for ME, Troye Sivan's View From A Bridge

  October 22, 2026 · 11 min

  Growing up gay in Perth, Australia, Troye Sivan spent much of his childhood trying to hide the parts of himself that made him different. Then one teacher made a small gesture that changed how he saw himself — recognising his talent, giving…

• Remembering the London Bridge terror attack - Rosca’s View From a Bridge

  October 21, 2026 · 17 min

  On London Bridge, Rosca Onya remembers Jack Merritt, the friend and mentor who was killed in the 2019 terror attack. He tells the story of their unlikely friendship, the programme that helped him rebuild his life after prison, and the…

• Everywhere has “a Thing” - David’s View From a Bridge

  October 15, 2026 · 16 min

  David is a historian who has travelled all over the world and made a life studying Vietnam. At Hanoi’s Ngoc Son Temple in Hanoi, he talks about the stories places hold, the strange and wonderful things we encounter when we travel alone…

• Blindboy's View From A Bridge

  October 6, 2026 · 57 min

  Bilndboy is stood on a bridge over the Shannon in Limerick. It's raining. This is the centre of his world. It's a world that blindboy takes the time to explain to us in a way only he can. The starlings flying above; the Japanese knotweed…

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