In Stia, Italy, the world championships bring together the best young blacksmiths in a celebration of an age-old craft.

With a new generation of champions rising, the future of chess is bright on the subcontinent.

At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer has a mad idea: Brave the perilous currents and winds of the Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

Honoured and persecuted: The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

Silke Pan was an acrobat until she became paralysed after an accident, so she retrained as paralympic cyclist.

The Ukrainian president is under pressure from protests at home, bombs from Russia and criticism on the international stage.

Sport is a pillar of Slovenian culture and Slovenia is home to several champions.

Can we deliver high quality healthcare without going under the knife?

The coffee plant is a fragile crop that is threatened by climate change: half of plantations could disappear by 2050.