Is It True That...

Participative democracy existed in ancient Athens, but not everyone could take part. But did the Greeks really have the first democratic government?

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Why did French President Jacques Chirac chase Israeli police from a church in Jerusalem? 

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

From the frontiers of the Roman Empire to the European Schengen area, a fascinating trip through the origins of borders.

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? 

During the height of the Cold War, a German village with just one fridge had problems... 

Welcome to the Hotel Arbez, it’s a lovely place straddling the Franco-Swiss border.

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.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

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

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Art and nature with adventurer Lise Wortley, photographer Max Fischer, The Walk Productions and artist and runner Vincent Dogna.

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?

Some Paleolithic burials are exceptional. Dated around 25,000 BC, they are far more complex and decorative than we usually give the era credit for.

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?