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Whether plagiarism of homage, fan art is in keeping with artforms through the centuries.

Originating in Japanese manga culture from the 1980s, Cosplay has gone global in the decades since

In Tokyo, a retired gangster has set up a softball team to help young people keep away from organised crime.

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

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

More and more cities are building iconic buildings by star architects to boost their international profile. But does it work?

The seaside and the beach - places of longing and liminal areas of creativity. Twist dives into life by the water

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

Author of Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain. Who was Germany’s most important writer of the twentieth century?

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

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

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

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

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

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

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

You can’t get rid of the ‘oldest profession in the world,’ but European countries are grappling with how to regulate the sex trade.

With their adopted daughter and foster twins, Jana and Hartmut want to leave Germany for a new life in Greece.

Since the killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, two American citizens protesters shot by ICE in Minneapolis, many in the Midwest city are angry.