Duels of History

If a woman gave birth at the top of Mont Blanc, what nationality would the child be?

Support for Spain's former dictator is on the rise with right-wing groups exploiting young people's lack of knowledge of their recent history.

A Russian soldier contacts the sister of a missing Ukrainian soldier. He says he killed him. Data Sources investigates. .

Were the two empresses of Roman antiquity really the criminals and depraved women described by chroniclers of the time?

Could the Spanish have conquered Mexico without the help of Malinche, a Native American slave who became Hernan Cortés' translator? 

In her battle against Ronald Reagan, activist Angela Davis became the icon of an entire generation.

Did French Queen Marie-Antoinette really betray her adopted country? And was Robespierre a dictator or a democrat?

How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a television phenomenon and change the face of women's sport?

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin become a national story that divided France?

Another day in paradise for heavy metal fans with Obscura, Anthrax, Septicflesh and more.

Our coverage continues for a second day with sets from Sepultura, Carach Angren, Rotting Christ, Malevolence and Sabaton.

Hellfest kicks off now! Day one of France's most famous heavy metal festival includes sets from Shelter and The Plot In You.

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

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

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Schumann, Prokofiev and Mozart are on the programme with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja as soloist, conducted by Iván Fischer.

Half a century into their metal career, Judas Priest deliver an epic concert of mighty riffs and pyrotechnics.