Mapping the World

Did you know that the last war between France and Spain took place in the 1970s?

Chinese influencers are convincing people from across the country to colonise Xinjiang.

The tankas have been part of the cultural landscape in southern China for centuries. But today their distinctive way of life is under threat.

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

With Putin's wars and Trump's return, Europe is forced to rethink its security and autonomy.

Arson, sabotage and destabilisation operations: Russia has stepped up its covert activities on European soil.

Cancer patients are campaigning to draw attention to the impact of political decisions on cancer rates.

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

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

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

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

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

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?

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

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

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

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War 2. In a highly original way the work brings together past and present, memory and trauma.