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In northern Niger, the French multinational Orano, formerly Areva, has closed its first uranium mine after almost 50 years of operation. What will happen to the miners and their families?

Niger: Ghosts of Uranium

In northern Niger the French multinational Orano, formerly Areva, has closed its first uranium mine after almost 50 years of operation

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Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent. The rapid decline affects all food chains: fish and birds can no longer find enough to eat and are becoming fewer and fewer. Studies show that neonicotinoids used in pesticides aren't just destroying the insect popualtion, but also affect human health.

Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent

How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem

China's self-made millionaires and billionaires were a major part of the country's success story. But now, they may have fallen out of favour with the CPP. One by one, they go missing, or commit 'suicide.' One billionaire who fled to the US is ringing the alarm. 

China: The Disappearing Millionaires

One billionaire who fled to the US is ringing the alarm over Chinese millionaires who seem to be going 'missing'

In Beijing, wages are low and but rents have skyrocketed. Many Beijingers have few options left. And thus a strange underworld was born: long corridoors leading to tiny underground rooms, in basements originally designed as bomb shelters. They house a city within a city. And within this city, a tribe of people are forced to live like rats.

China: The Rat Tribe

In Beijing, wages are low and but rents have skyrocketed. Many Beijingers have few options left

An exclusive investigation into the Russian paramilitary organisation Wagner, headed by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. 2,500 documents were leaked from Prigozhin’s servers by anti-Putin hackers, shedding light on this secretive group of mercenaries, a key element in the war in Ukraine.

The Prigozhin Papers

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

Data Sources

The London Afrobeat Collective say they have only one mission: Making people dance. That's just as well because it's impossible not to move when under the spell of this floor-filling 8 piece orchestra, a touring fixture in the UK and Europe over the past 5 years. 

Bardentreffen Nürnberg 2023

Get your body moving to the complex rhythms of British party orchestra London Afrobeat Collective.

London Afrobeat Collective

Latin rhythms, klezmer spirit, tarantellas, polka and cumbia: The Orchestre International du Vetex is impossible to pin down. This Franco-Belgian brass band wears its stew of influences proudly while retaining a fiercely individual spirit. Get swept up in their joyful interpretations of everything from Franco-Belgian classics to Balkan folk via Latin America. 

Balkan rhythms with a Latin edge, mixed with tarantella, polka and a taste of punk from the colourful Vetex collective.

Orchestre International du Vetex

Conducted by Michael Francis, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz plays Richard Strauss's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Gustav Holst's The Planets in the spectacular aeronatical surroundings of Speyer's Technology Museum. An incredible meeting of cosmic harmonies and human technology.

Staatsphilharmonie at Technik Museum Speyer

The Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz plays classic works by Richard Strauss and Gustav Holst at Speyer's Museum of Technology.

Strauss "Zarathrustra" and Holst "The Planets"

Love, peace, friendship, solidarity, diversity, respect, music, sustainability and community- That's what the former organisers of Berlin's Love Parade want for this new street party event. Rave the Planet also has a political dimension: They're calling for an end to bans on electronic music and the protection of clubs as culturally important spaces.



RAVE THE PLANET 
Alex Stein, Alan Oldham a.k.a. DJ T-1000, Dr. Motte, Jam El Mar (Jam&Spoon), Klaudia Gawlas, Mha Iri, Nakadia, Patrik Berg, Simina Grigoriu, Matchy
 
BAM MOBIL BY NO LIMITS
Westbam, Takkyu Ishino, Tomcraft
 
INSTYTUT TECHNO TRUCK 
BEXA, Juniore & ConradQ, Truant, Blazej Malinowski, Dtekk ,MANOID, aetha, Meg, Senthia
 
HIVE ✕ SYMBIOTIKKA
A.N.I., DJ Jordan, IGDA, KRL MX, NOTMYTYPE, PHLOXO, ROJI, Zeltak

The former organisers of Berlin's Love Parade have come together for a new party on the streets: Rave the Planet. 

Rave the Planet 2023

David Vunk has been on the scene for over 25 years, picking up enormous respect for his skills and experience. Also his vast range: The so-called "beast of Rotterdam" can move effortlessly from funky house to soaring techno, surfing through acid house and Italo disco in between. 

Stone Techno 2023

David Vunk is affectionately known as the "beast of Rotterdam," but also for his artful mixing and vast collection.

David Vunk

Fentanyl is fifty times stronger than heroin. The illicit trade of fentanyl has triggered a new health crisis in the United States, overwhelming emergency services with a surge of overdoses, often among the young. The synthetic opioids are from Mexico, where they've disrupted the drugs market. There is no need to cultivate poppies or rely on rural communities for opium production. Fentanyl, disguised as harmless-looking pills, is easy, inconspicuous, and simple to produce and transport. However, a single pill can be lethal. The devastating effects of this substance are gradually spreading throughout the American continent.

Mexico: The Cartels Switch to Fentanyl

The illicit trade of fentanyl has triggered a new health crisis in the United States.

Portugal's Marianna Secca Maro, aka MARO, is the daughter of a pianist and a guitarist and has been performing on stage since the age of 10. Later on she perfected her vocal and composition skills at Boston's Berklee College of Music before steadily building an international career as a singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist.

Eurovision fans may recognise this Portuguese singer from 2022. If not, discover her talents at Bardentreffen.

MARO

Before discovering electronic music, Rene Wise played drums just like his father, a professional Iranian drummer. These roots have had a huge influence on his compositions, where intricate polyrhythms lurk inside techno soundscapes - an endless and irresistible invitation to get moving. 

Impeccable beats and deep grooves at Stone Techno festival courtesy of British DJ Rene Wise.

Rene Wise

Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann is a heavyweight name in modern techno, a scene he has ruled since the 90s. His sound oscillates between contemporary compositions and pre-techno forms, a raw and singular aesthetic that is as powerful as it is unpredictable. 

An iconic and trance-inducing set from this Berghain resident DJ for Stone Techno festival.

Marcel Dettmann

Picasso 2023: 50 years after the artist's death, how does the artist's work resonate today? Cuture magazine show Twist meets the British designer Paul Smith, who has designed a new exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris and the Gauthier Dance Company, which was inspired by "Bathers", a group of sculptures exhibited at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart.

Picasso Now

Picasso 2023: 50 years after the artist's death, how does the artist's work resonate today? 

Twist

From vintage music videos ("Come Prima") to glitzy television performances ("Laissez-moi danser"), here is a delightful compilation of eighteen of the French diva's greatest hits.

The greatest hits over 40 years.

From "Come Prima" to "Laissez-moi danser", here's a delightful compilation of eighteen of the French diva's greatest hits.

Dalida Forever!

Fifty years in the music business is a cause for celebration, so Richard Galliano is inviting you to Poland for his jubilee to the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa festival. The jazzman will be joined by the Polish National Radio Orchestra to perform a Piazzolla concerto, followed by one of his own creations.

Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa

After half a century on the jazz scene, Richard Galliano celebrates a beautiful jubilee in Poland.

Richard Galliano and the National Orchestra of the Polish Radio

An exclusive date in Poland for Ron Carter, who is joined here by Rene Rosnes on piano, Jimmy Greene on tenor saxophone and Payton Crossley on drums. Together, the four artists make up the Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet, and it's the first time they've played together in front of a camera.

Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet pays tribute to Miles Davis at the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa.

Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet

Arriving in April 2021, Extended is the fifth album from Modeselektor. The German duo are accompanying this release with a ‘visual album’ in film: 'Work’ stars American dancer Corey Scott-Gilbert who transposes the energy of Modeselektor’s music into a radical performance.

A Film by Corey Scott-Gilbert, Krsn Brasko and Tobias Staab

American dancer Corey Scott-Gilbert transposes the energy of Modeselektor’s music into a radical performance.

Modeselektor Presents Work

Wexford Festival Opera presents the first modern staging of French composer Fromental Halévy's adaptation of Shakespeare's late masterpiece The Tempest. Conducted by Francesco Cilluffo and directed by Roberto Catalano.
 Wexford Festival opera would like to thank the tenor Giulio Pelligra for singing the role of Fernando despite being unwell.

Wexford Festival Opera 2022

A forgotten opera by Fromental Halévy, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, at Wexford Festival Opera.

Fromental Halévy: La Tempesta

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This animated series pieces together the dictator’s last days and recalls his life and career including the many atrocities he committed.

Stalin: Life and Death of a Dictator

In 1989, a year after being diagnosed with AIDS, Keith Haring created a mural entitled Once Upon a Time in the toilets of an LGBT centre in Manhattan. Eminently political, the work is still there decades later.

Once Upon A Time by Keith Haring

Keith Haring's mural Once Upon a Time is a celebration of sex and life even as he himself was dying 

Gymnastics

We tie knots every day without a second thought, but it's all about context. Tying your shoelaces is nothing special, but that very same movement becomes charged with meaning when it is practised as part of Shibari. This Japanese art of tying someone into a tightly woven mesh of intricate knots and bindings started off as a form of punishment. But it is now a sexual fetish, and a craft, full of precision.

Bondage: The Ties That Free

The tradition of Shibari started off as a form of punishment. But it is now a sexual fetish, and a craft, full of precision.

Anne Lister was an openly lesbian nineteenth century noblewoman, with up to five lovers at the same time. She filled pages and pages of diaries with accounts of her sexual adventures and conquests, and even married another woman.

Britain's First Openly Gay Woman

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

For over 60 years, the Barbie doll has been more than just a toy. She was an influencer before the Internet even existed, but she is now accused of maintaining gender stereotypes. As Greta Gerwing's Barbie comes to the cinema, Gymnastics looks at how relevant she is for modern consumers.

Is Barbie a Feminist?

Barbie was an influencer before the Internet even existed.

Could your perfect look alike be out there in the world somewhere? The idea that a stranger could be living a completely different life to us, but wear the same face, is a troubling, intriguing concept. New technologies might make finding our 'twin' even easier.

Do We All Have Dopplegangers?

Could your perfect look alike be out there in the world somewhere?

For a long time, dinosaurs in pop culture didn't even try to be believable. They were either too nice, too cartoony, or too sci-fi. Then in 1993, there was Jurassic Park. The blockbuster claimed to finally show us what they really looked like. Except that too was wrong! So when will we finally see the true face of these long-gone mega-predators?

The Evolving Truth About Dinosaurs

When will we finally know what these mega-predators looked like?

The mysterious Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) is a recurring figure in pop culture. He is on the Beatles album cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. David Bowie and Ozzy Osbourne dedicated songs to him, and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page even bought Crowley's Scottish country estate, which is believed to be haunted. Some consider him a great occultist, others have declared him insane.

The Wickedest Man in the World

The mysterious Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) is a recurring figure in pop culture. Some consider him a great occultist, others have declared him insane.

La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles. If you missed the boat: at the turn of the 1950s, Truffaut, Chabrol, Godard, Rivette, Rohmer and others revolutionised French cinema. 

La Nouvelle Vague

La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles

California, 1962: as counter-culture boomed, Corita Kent created her first pop-art paintings. The nun and art teacher mixed Jefferson Airplane, Pepsi and Bible verses in her work. But her activism and political convictions would force her to hang up her habit.

Corita Kent, the Pop Culture Nun

How a nun became a counter-cultural icon thanks to her art

All the laughs you hear in the background on television come from the same device, the Laff Box, invented in the 1950s. It's a sound that's become the hallmark of cheesy daytime TV, as well as iconic sitcoms like Friends. The technique has now fallen out of favour, but for decades it was a TV staple.

Canned Laughter on TV

It's a sound that's become the hallmark of cheesy daytime TV.

Brilliant FBI agent and scientist Dana Scully solved supernatural mysteries with her partner Fox Mulder in the TV series The X Files. She had significant influence on an entire generation of young women, inspired to become scientists.

The Scully Effect

The X File's Dana Scully had significant influence on an entire generation of young women

Since its invention in the 19th century, the bicycle has allowed Western women to move around independently. Today, it is the turn of women in Arab countries to discover its power. Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist.

The Freedom to Cycle

Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours. The paints he used were vibrant, but cheap, and degraded within months of painting. It's now impossible to appreciate the true beauty of his works, as his flamboyant flare for colours has slowly turned drab. If nothing is done, the Sunflowers which are still a beautiful gold today could well turn brown. Should we just accept they can't be saved?

Van Gogh's Disappearing Colours

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours because the pigments used were vibrant but cheap

Why do the works of the Italian painter Caravaggio exude such violence? The answer is to be found in the eventful life of the artist, who just couldn't stay out of trouble and met a sticky end.

Caravaggio, Genius - and Killer?

Caravaggio just couldn't stay out of trouble and met a sticky end

Women who play men's roles while singing high notes may seem suprising but in opera, it's tradition. Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women. So how does the opera deal with questions of gender?

Does the Voice Have a Gender?

Handel, Mozart, and Bellini all wrote roles for men, to be played by women

Acrobatics, crazy sets, unobtainable beauty standards. A lot of porn often lacks realism. But the industry is changing: audio pornography, which leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories. The increasingly popular medium attracts feminist women who see the medium as more sensual and empowering than traditional porn.

The Sensual World of Podcast Porn

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

For millennia, people have wondered what constitutes our existence. But could it be that our reality is not real and that, like in the sci-fi movie Matrix, everything is just a simulation?

What if the Matrix Was Real?

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style. This baroque opera, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau, is an ode to colonial exoticism, and its reworking is the brainchild of Bintou Dembélé, the first black woman to choreograph a ballet at the Paris Opera.

Operatic Hip Hop: Dance Decolonised

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style

Nikola Tesla claimed to have invented a "death beam" in the 1930s, but laser has been more useful for printing out payslips than it has shooting planes out of the sky. But science fiction loved the idea. From Star Wars to Mars Attacks!, lasers slice up bodies or grind them to dust. What is the enduring appeal of deadly lasers for the SF fandom?

Why Does Science Fiction Love Lasers?

What is the enduring appeal of deadly lasers for the SF fandom?

The series that quenches your curiosity and puts the cult back into culture. From classical sculptures to video games, memes to Mafiosi, Gymnastics stretches the intellect by linking things that seem to have little in common.

Five young sibling pairs talk about their close relationship and their shared creative projects.