Duels of History

Many African migrants coming to France end up in the Paris suburbs such as Montfermeil. In a local hospital, a group of women healthcare professionals are helping vulnerable pregnant migrants who are often traumatised by their experiences.

In a time when dating apps are dominating our desires, is there space for romantic love? 

Three survivors of the Rwandan genocide level terrible accusations at the French army

How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a television phenomenon and change the face of women's sport?

Did French Queen Marie-Antoinette really betray her adopted country? And was Robespierre a dictator or a democrat?

How did Marie Curie's love affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin become a national story that divided France?

Friedrich Ebert and Rosa Luxemburg comrades on the left - and yet became bitter enemies.

Jiang Qing represented the old ways of the Chinese Communist Party, so she had to go.

Were the two empresses of Roman antiquity really the criminals and depraved women described by chroniclers of the time?

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.

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

Ukrainian phenomenon Carpetman brings his swaying electro to the ESNS festival.

The calming voice of Amie Blu in an intimate session.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

Despite its shift toward authoritarianism, Turkey is a strategic partner for the EU.

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

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.