Happiness (1/15)

As a child of the early internet, Matt Stephenson created Machine Girl as a mirror of another era: 90s video games, B-movies, obscure YouTube videos and absurd humour. 

“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?

Alice doesn't know if she wants lockdown to end and she's lost her appetite for making love.

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. 

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Gabrielle receives a letter from the Tribunal, hoping it's about the adoption. But the Court asked her to 'prove' her motherhood.

Loulou meets Violette, Max's new girlfriend. Violette loves wine… “and sex”

Gabrielle and Alice tidy up after the party and talk about their relationship.

When Loulou has to admit to something to her parents, she relies on her friend Max to sweettalk them: but this time she's beyond even his help

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

The US has pulled almost all its funding just as Ukraine is entering its fifth year of war. Can the EU plug the gap?

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

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

Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

We have released so many toxic chemicals that we have caused existential damage to our ecosystem.