Happiness (1/15)

“All your base are belong to us” was a baffling translation error in an early nineties video game which quickly became a long-running internet meme. But why share a meaningless sentence?

As a child of the early internet, Matt Stephenson created Machine Girl as a mirror of another era: 90s video games, B-movies, obscure YouTube videos and absurd humour. 

Alice doesn't know if she wants lockdown to end and she's lost her appetite for making love.

Gabrielle and Alice tidy up after the party and talk about their relationship.

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. 

Gabrielle receives a letter from the Tribunal, hoping it's about the adoption. But the Court asked her to 'prove' her motherhood.

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

Alice is getting dressed to go out. But wasn't Gabrielle supposed to be going out tonight, not Alice?

Alice and Gabrielle organise a party to celebrate new-found freedoms.

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

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

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

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

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

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

Cultural workers are calling for a Europe-wide work status that protects artists in the face of shrinking budgets and the rise of AI.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

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