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The Chamonix valley is home to the tallest peak in Europe and is popular with climbers.  In the 19th century it was an English heiress who attempted a seemingly impossible climb: Mont Blanc in winter

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 In the 19th century it was an English heiress who attempted a seemingly impossible climb: Mont Blanc in winter

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Shortly before the Second World War, Mussolini chose an island paradise as a place of exile for people who violated the moral codes of their time.

Mussolini's Gay Island

Close to New York, in New Jersey lies the small town of Orange with an important industrial heritage. In the early 20th century a radium painting factory put their employees in danger leading to a major scandal.

USA: The Radium Girl Scandal

Known as the White City, Merida, the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán attracts tourists in search of Maya ruins and haciendas dating from the golden age of the Spanish conquest. But in the 1920s, another aspect attracted foreigners: divorce tourism.

Yucatan: Divorce Mexican Style

The Indian capital New Delhi is home to an architectural gem: the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Built at the start of the 20th century, it is now the official residence of the President of India. In the 1920s, it was be the setting for a love story, doomed from the start.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Dehli was the backdrop for a 1920s love story, doomed from the start

New Dehli: Nehru's Lost Love

Atop the Art Deco Bacardi building, a bronze bat watches over Havana. Headquarters of the famous rum company, the building was, when it opened in 1930, the largest in the whole of the capital. But thirty years later, the Bacardi family would flee when Fidel Castro came to power.

The Art Deco Bacardi building in Havana is a story of fortune, loss, and communism

Cuba: Rum Wars

It was in Florence that the very first piano was developed. Although it was the sound that would take over music for centuries to come, at first, it was greeted with contempt. It was an ugly sound in comparison to the harpsichord, musicians said.

It was the sound that would take over music for centuries to come, but at first, the panio was greeted with contempt

Piano in Florence

At the Bosnian Cultural Centre in downtown Sarajevo an unusual event took place in 1993 during the terrible siege of the city: A beauty pageant.

Miss Sarajevo

In 1967, Sweden flipped a switch: no longer would the country drive on the left like in the UK, it would drive on the right, like the rest of Europe. This simple change was a mammoth undertaking.

In 1967, Sweden flipped from driving on the left to the right: a simple change was a mammoth undertaking

How Sweden Learnt to Drive on the Right

In Palermo, in the 17th century, one woman concocted the cure to an unhappy marriage: an un traceable poison. 

In Palermo, in the 17th century, one woman concocted the cure to an unhappy marriage: an un traceable poison

Palermo: The Poison of Matrimony

In the hills behind Barcelona lies the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, an area with breathtaking views over the Catalan capital. In the Spanish Civil War this area was home to ‘checas’, notorious detention centres used for interrogation by the republican side with modern art used as a means of torture.

Barcelona: When Art Hurts

In September 1968 a strange phenomenon took hold in the heart of America’s financial district: Huge crowds of men turned out on Wall Street to watch one women walk from the subway to her office.  

Francine Gottfried: The Woman Who Stopped Wall Street Traffic

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Tempelhof, Berlin’s disused airport close to the city centre has been housing refugees in a welcome centre since 2015. A focus on residents’ daily lives of waiting for applications to be processed and for dreams to become reality.

Berlin Tempelhof

Tempelhof, Berlin’s disused airport close to the city centre has been housing refugees in a welcome centre since 2015. A focus on residents’ daily lives of waiting for applications to be processed and for dreams to be made reality.

Field of Dreams

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?

Four women comic book artists from the Arab World open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. 

4 Arab Women Comic Book Artists

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960), and the dazzling purity and fluidity of her unique sound. Her 10 year professional career was short but disproportionately influential.

The Magic of Interpretation

A look at the tormented life of Clara Haskil (1895-1960)

Clara Haskil

The earthquakes that shook central Italy in 2016 were catastrophic for its cultural heritage. Hundreds of churches collapsed burying untold numbers of priceless artworks in the rubble. Work to save and restore this cultural heritage is a long and arduous task.

Rescuing Italy’s Cultural Heart

After the Quake

Since 1945 the democracies of Europe have lived in peace. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shattered our ideas of peace. Can we still dream of paradise and a future free of violence? Twist explores these ideas in Berlin and at the Venice Biennale.

Paradise Lost?

Can we still dream of paradise and a future free of violence? Twist explores these ideas in Berlin and at the Venice Biennale.

Twist

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene. Featuring writer Sofi Oksanen, artists Flo Kasearu and Timo Toots, the Estonian Voices ensemble and rapper Tommy Cash

Estonia: Young, Digital, Provocative

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

TWIST

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic? It's certainly in stark contrast to Mary Magdalene, who is told not to touch him and spends the rest of her life living in a cave.

The incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

Look but Don't Touch

An author once described this work as a portrait of a woman done by a painter who had forgotten to paint the feet, legs, thighs, stomach, hips, chest, hands, arms, shoulders, neck and head. 

The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Jupiter transforms into a swan to have sex with Leda. In this work, the painter takes the opportunity to explore the sensuality of the encounter, working with colours and fabrics to convey pleasure.

Leda and the Swan by Paolo Veronese

The painter explores the sensuality of the encounter between Leda and Jupiter

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Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

Dutch band Epica returns to Hellfest to present Omega, a new album showing off their inimitable symphonic heavy metal sound.

Epica

In Europe, the last primary forests are found almost exclusively in the mountains in the east or south-east of the continent. These virgin forests have never been exploited or cut down, and have remained as they have always been. Few studies have been done on this forests, which are presumably havens of biodiversity. We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania.

The Green Lungs of Europe

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

Geo Reportage

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest

Dropkick Murphys

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The Offspring

According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

ARTE Reportage

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

JInjer are Ukraine’s official ambassadors of metal. Led by the voice and charisma of singer Tatiana Shmayluk, they are bringing their special blend of progressive groove metal to the world.

Jinjer

Known for their incandescent, fiery performances, Swedish black metal band Watain perform their pyrotechnics at Hellfest 2022.

Watain

Hellfest invites a heavyweight of crossover and thrash metal: Los Angeles natives Suicidal Tendencies make the main stage tremble!

Suicidal Tendencies

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

With their latest album Soul on Fire, The Last Internationale brings a rebellious spirit to the main stage of Hellfest 2022.

The Last Internationale

The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Tempelhof Sounds 2022

 There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

Muse

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp in northern Iraq. To recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence, they train in self-defense. They are survivors of horrific abuse, having been kidnapped and used as sex slaves under IS rule.

Iraq: Return to Sinjar

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp to recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence.

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. For more than five decades the German five-piece has been producing international hits and have sold more than 100 million records.

Anglo-French guitarist Laura Cox presents the Scorpions, probably the most successful German rock band ever, headlining at Hellfest 2022. 

Scorpions

On the French Caribbean island of Martinique , large-scale use of insecticides caused serious damage. But the earth is being revitalised by several initiatives inspired by age-old agricultural practices. 

A Documentary by Florence Lazar

Revitalising the Earth

As soon as weightlessness sets in in Earth orbit, everything floats, including bodily fluids. Most astronauts suffer from space sickness – similar to seasickness. You get sick, your eyes go crazy, your face swells up, your legs get longer and after a few sleepless nights (there is no day or night in space) many astronauts get severe back pain. Space researchers are trying to understand how the human body reacts without gravity. Could we need it to live?

Are We Ready for Mars?

What would happen to our bodies if we were all suddenly exposed to weightlessness in space?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The Supreme Court is now made of a majority of ultra-conservative judges since President Trump's term in office. The court now looks set to overturn the Roe v Wade case which gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion if they so wish or need. This worrying step backwards for women's rights doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying.

Abortion: A Threatened Right

This worrying step backwards doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying

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