Mapping the World

Why do so many world maps place Europe at the centre? Why not Australia? And why is the north always at the top? 

Once a month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to Strasbourg for four days, a practice which many are against.

Washington is waging a brutal campaign against South Africa, cutting much-needed aid and denouncing ‘white genocide’ in the rainbow nation.

To speed up deportations, the EU is set to authorise detention centres beyond its borders.

 Artists Satch Hoyt and Juan Covelli challenge colonial narratives and spark debate about the restitution of cultural artefacts.

The Cantoría performs Tomás Luis de Victoria's Tenebræ Responsoria in the Basilica of San Miguel.

Hundreds invested their savings into Swiss gold and were disappointed. Were did the gold go?

Already a superstar across Africa, Dobet Gnahoré is now the ambassador for Afro-pop on the international scene.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.