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Twist looks at how female artists reconcile their dream job with family life. Film music composer Rachel Portman, prima ballerina Polina Semionova, actress Franziska Hartmann and artist Lakwena Maciver talk about motherhood and the fine line they often tread between career and compromise.

Mothers and Artists

Twist asks how female artists reconcile their dream job with family life.

Twist

Ireland’s celebrated and controversial novelist, who died in July 2024, speaks to Ray Byrne for the Irish broadcaster RTE.
In her 80th year, Edna O'Brien reflects on the way her turbulent life has shaped her religious beliefs and moral values. Years in self-imposed exile from both her country and her Church did not diminish her attachment to both.

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Edna O'Brien reflects on the way her turbulent life has shaped her religious beliefs and moral values

The Meaning of Life: Edna O’Brien

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, with his peers in the avant-garde ‘Die Brücke’ group, developed a spontaneous and fresh artistic style that scandalised the establishment of his day. A portrait of a highly talented yet controversial painter.

A Controversial Genius

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Men can be vulnerable, emotional, and feminine - the differences between the sexes are becoming blurred. At the same time, profiles on social media that celebrate the cult of the male body and masculine stereotypes are highly popular. What kind of men do we need? Here are some reflections on the crisis of masculinity.

What Kind of Men Do We Need?

What kind of men do we need? Here are some reflections on the crisis of masculinity.

Violence is everywhere in literature with countless Crime novels and podcasts. Why this fascination with the darker side of humanity? Twist takes us on a thrill ride through the former Vilnius prison, now dedicated to culture and dark tourism.

Fascinated by Crime

Violence is everywhere in literature with countless crime novels and podcasts. Why this fascination with humanity's dark side? 

Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I belong? What actually determines our identity? How do theatre director Ersan Mondtag, Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková and anti-racism activist and writer Mirrianne Mahn reflect on these questions in their work? This episode of culture magazine show Twist looks at questions of identity and diversity.

The Beauty of Diversity

Who am I and where do I belong? Twist looks questions of identity and diversity.

You can choose your friends, but not your family. Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

Creative Siblngs

Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

A city that sizzles in the summer - that's the New York that emerges from Spike Lee's early films from the 1980s onwards. In She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing, the filmmaker takes us to the heart of a raw, tense, dangerous, cosmopolitan and bubbling New York.

Spike Lee's New York

A city that sizzles in the summer - that's the New York that emerges from Spike Lee's early films from the 1980s onwards.

City Country Culture

An anchor in the storm, a source of inspiration or a heartfelt relationship. What is friendship?  Culture magazine Twist talks to artists about the role and power of friendship. Is the chosen bond of friendship undervalued in our societies?

What Does Friendship Mean?

Culture magazine Twist talks to artists about the role and power of friendship. Is the chosen bond of friendship undervalued in our societies?

Across Europe, populist parties are gaining ground, or are already in power. What impact is the rise of the far right having on the world of art and culture? Twist investigates.

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Mothers and Artists

The Meaning of Life: Edna O’Brien

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

A Controversial Genius

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What Kind of Men Do We Need?

Twist

Fascinated by Crime

Twist

The Beauty of Diversity

Twist

Creative Siblngs

City Country Culture

Spike Lee's New York

Twist

What Does Friendship Mean?

Twist

Far-Right Threat: Is Freedom in Peril?

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Twist

Mothers and Artists

The Meaning of Life: Edna O’Brien

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

A Controversial Genius

Twist

What Kind of Men Do We Need?

Twist

Fascinated by Crime

Twist

The Beauty of Diversity

Twist

Creative Siblngs

City Country Culture

Spike Lee's New York

Twist

What Does Friendship Mean?

Twist

Far-Right Threat: Is Freedom in Peril?

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