Masha on Russia

Yekaterina Duntsova was not allowed to stand for election against Putin. But she is not giving up.

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 

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How a wardrobe malfunction resulted in the creation of Youtube

“All your base are belong to us” was a baffling translation error in an early nineties video game which quickly became a long-running internet meme. But why share a meaningless sentence?

Meet the artist who thinks letters are sexy

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?

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

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

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

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

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

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

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

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.