Duels of History

What was the significance of football match in England in 1883?

Faïza did not expect her job interview to be held at a crazy golf course. 

Friedrich Ebert and Rosa Luxemburg comrades on the left - and yet became bitter enemies.

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?

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? 

Jiang Qing represented the old ways of the Chinese Communist Party, so she had to go.

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

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

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

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

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

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

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

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

You can’t get rid of the ‘oldest profession in the world,’ but European countries are grappling with how to regulate the sex trade.

With their adopted daughter and foster twins, Jana and Hartmut want to leave Germany for a new life in Greece.

Since the killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, two American citizens protesters shot by ICE in Minneapolis, many in the Midwest city are angry.