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. 

Qatar has long relied on football to increase its prestige, from buying French club Paris-Saint-Germain to sponsoring Barcelona. With TV rights selling for astronomical amounts, football is much more than just a sport.

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

Sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel had a passionate affair, but things turned sour.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

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

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

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.