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Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

Behind the glitzy facade of the World Cup... there's a darker side to the world of football.

A hunter, an activist and a tattoo artist:Three Greenlandic women talk about their pride in belonging to the Inuit people.

Branded clothes and the latest smartphones have become status symbols capable of enhancing children’s image with peers or a source of exclusion.

With his 1984 hit "Smalltown Boy", Jimmy Somerville hit the bigtime and became the voice of the gay movement in Britain.

A trip to Naples to discover the centuries’ old Feminielli; a unique queer identity. 

Three generations of women are confronted with the upheaval of war in a film about shifting identities in Ukraine.

The owners of Palermo’s historic palazzos are trying to save their unique heritage, in spite of the heavy costs.

Every March huge sculptures are burned in the street in Valencia, part of a traditional festival which is very bad for the environment.

With Russia sliding further into authoritarianism, these rare interviews with ordinary Russian citizens have been animated to protected their identities.

Memory is our identity: But is it possible to retain memories without distorting them?

In Europe’s last dictatorship, dissent is severely punished, which is why these interviews with ordinary Belarusians are animated to protect their identities.

A painting by German artist Christan Schad takes us deep into the decadent world of 1920s Berlin.

Farinelli was an opera-singing superstar of the 18th century. But what price did the musician pay for his fame?

In "Las Meninas", painted by Diego Velazquez, who is this short person standing next to the Spanish royal family?

Meeting your doppelganger sounds exciting, but what are the odds of encountering an exact look-alike?

The alternative scene in Taipei and Beijing: Indigenous techno and Mongolian comics.

The Ukrainian National Opera has decided to remove all works linked to Russia from its repertoire. How does the artistic community feel about being separated from a tradition that they they have been immersed in all their lives?

Featuring masks, faceless faces, and truncated bodies, Aneta Grzeszykowska creates unsettling imagery.