100 Years of Neues Bauen (2/3)

In the 1920s architects in Germany wanted to create affordable and decent housing for all with new ideas designs. 

How can we build spaces that provide shelter and dignity for the most vulnerable in society?

Far from being a mere material detail, our homes can have a real influence on our well-being...

How can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools.

New prisons in Switzerland and Germany provided light, welcoming spaces which aide the rehabilitation process.

In the south of the Massif Central lie the rugged mountains of the Cévennes and the barren limestone plateaus of the Causses.

The seaside and the beach - places of longing and liminal areas of creativity. Twist dives into life by the water

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

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

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

White sand, white citrus blossom, white houses – Spain’s Costa Blanca is aptly named.

An encounter between piano and dance in a former foundry.

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

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

How 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