Twist

New prisons in Switzerland and Germany provided light, welcoming spaces which aide the rehabilitation process.

How can we build spaces that provide shelter and dignity for the most vulnerable in society?

How can architects build spaces where people coexist peacefully and feel good? This episode focuses on schools.

Claude Monet made the cliffs at Étretat famous, but the charming town now suffers from overtourism.

Crossed by countless waterways, the Spreewald is a small green paradise in Germany, frozen in time.

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

Plastic waste at sea is being colonised by bacteria. How will this affect marine ecosystems?

Culture magazine Twist meets artists and creatives to discuss insomnia and how it manifests in their art.

Seductive and dangerous, the figure of the femme fatale in art was completely reinvented in the 20th century.

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

A complex feeling that is both problematic and useful, the latest research on boredom.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

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

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

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

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

Children and young people look to adults as role models, usually their parents, but they also are influenced by their peers.

Plastic waste at sea is being colonised by bacteria. How will this affect marine ecosystems?

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.