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The metaverse was supposed to revolutionise our lives. Except it didn’t. And it was really uninspiring.

Social media algorithms help fraudsters target vulnerable individuals.

In the age of the metaverse, are we losing grip of reality as we know it?

Absurd images have invaded our social media apps. But is this ‘brain rot’ an interesting aesthetic? Or just mindless content?

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

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

Coupé-Décalé got the world dancing in the early 2000s. Today, its little brother, biama, is going through the roof.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

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

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

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

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

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

Loulou is the hilarious story of the unbreakable friendship between Loulou and her three best friends Alice, Marie and Max. Season 1 follows the four friends as they deal with her unplanned pregnancy. And when her child appears in season 2 it's just the beginning of Loulou’s travails.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.