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Between boundless cheers and intermittent boos, historic milestones and horrifying heartbreaks, triumphant summers and torturous falls.

Brandon Kyle Goodman shared how getting a Brazilian wax — first experienced as a torturous way to please a partner — ultimately became a beloved personal ritual, a direct line of connection with their queerness and themself.

A top priority will be looking at how to improve the Windrush Compensation Scheme which has been described by campaigners as "torturous".

Transitions and transformations can be fraught, even torturous.

The screech of truck brakes was particularly torturous, they said.