Duels of History

If a woman gave birth at the top of Mont Blanc, what nationality would the child be?

Support for Spain's former dictator is on the rise with right-wing groups exploiting young people's lack of knowledge of their recent history.

Geolier, Italy’s most streamed rapper, doesn’t perform in Italian but in Neapolitan. And he’s not alone.

A look at the daily struggle to survive amid a war that seems without end.

How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a television phenomenon and change the face of women's sport?

Were the two empresses of Roman antiquity really the criminals and depraved women described by chroniclers of the time?

Could the Spanish have conquered Mexico without the help of Malinche, a Native American slave who became Hernan Cortés' translator? 

Friedrich Ebert and Rosa Luxemburg comrades on the left - and yet became bitter enemies.

In her battle against Ronald Reagan, activist Angela Davis became the icon of an entire generation.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Hellfest kicks off now! Day one of France's most famous heavy metal festival includes sets from Shelter and The Plot In You.