Duels of History

What was the significance of football match in England in 1883?

Faïza did not expect her job interview to be held at a crazy golf course. 

Sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel had a passionate affair, but things turned sour.

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

Did French Queen Marie-Antoinette really betray her adopted country? And was Robespierre a dictator or a democrat?

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

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

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin become a national story that divided France?

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? 

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

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Culture magazine Twist meets artists and creatives to discuss insomnia and how it manifests in their art.

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

ow can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

You can’t get rid of the ‘oldest profession in the world,’ but European countries are grappling with how to regulate the sex trade.