Gymnastics

Who really were our ancestors? And what can our DNA tell us about them and us?

Already a superstar across Africa, Dobet Gnahoré is now the ambassador for Afro-pop on the international scene.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

The flamenco scene in Andalusia is reinventing the genre by fusing with electronic music. Tracks meets artists who are mixing tradition with modernity.

A leading proponent of underground techno since the early 2000s and a major influence in electronic music in his native Spain since the early 1990s, Oscar Mulero performs in Stone Techno at the cavernous post-industrial space of the Zollverein near Essen.

Between pounding techno, visual explorations and performance art: Two top DJs duet at the Stone Techno festival.

Our musical journey in the footsteps of the oud takes us all the way to Andalusia at the historic crossroads of Arab, Jewish and Christian cultures.

To compete with the glamourous cities of the West, Warsaw commissioned inventive neon lighting across the city. 

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?

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

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

Opened in 1932, the art deco cinema is a major venue for film premieres with its huge auditorium.

To speed up deportations, the EU is set to authorise detention centres beyond its borders.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

The UN is in crisis as its Special Rapporteur accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Will Palestine be its downfall?

Schumann, Prokofiev and Mozart are on the programme with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja as soloist, conducted by Iván Fischer.

Inspired by 19th century Spain’s cigar makers, Humo pays tribute to these women in dance and song.

The Lichtburg Essen is a grand old cinema with a turbulent history.

To compete with the glamourous cities of the West, Warsaw commissioned inventive neon lighting across the city.