Music Queer

Shadi and Ferial are hanging out at the playground in their wealthy neighbourhood in northern Tehran.

Anne Lister was an openly lesbian nineteenth century noblewoman, with up to five lovers at the same time.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

Whether plagiarism of homage, fan art is in keeping with artforms through the centuries.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

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

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

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.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

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