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Joana Vasconcelos: Mask of mirrors
The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is renowned for her large-scale sculptural pieces which have featured in galleries across the world. She has used materials such as fabric, plastic and even ta…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Young and stateless
What does it mean to belong nowhere? Across the world, millions of people are denied citizenship and live without a country to call their own. It is estimated half of these are children. The majority…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Ireland's new alcohol warning
Ireland has become the first country in the world to introduce labels linking alcohol with cancer and liver disease. Some producers began re-labelling their products this year and they're already on …
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
What is the 'Shadow Fleet'?
Around one fifth of the world's oil tankers now belong to the 'shadow fleet', more than a thousand ships which Russia uses to skirt sanctions and - increasingly - conduct acts of sabotage and hybrid …
Published on 1 month ago
Brain fog and perimenopause
BBC Tech Editor Zoe Kleinman was about to go live on TV to explain a global outage affecting dozens of websites and apps. Millions would be watching, but she kept forgetting a key technical phrase an…
Published on 1 month ago
Twin spirits: A lost bond that lives in dreams
Claire grew up in a multi-faith household that often looked beyond traditional beliefs for solutions. At 17, everything changed when her mother discovered that Claire was speaking to “dead people.” C…
Published on 1 month ago
What is the 'Russian cultural code'?
Why the traditional kokoshnik headdress is en vogue in Russia, and how it has become a poster image for the Kremlin’s vision of national identity. When President Putin talks not of tanks but of tiara…
Published on 1 month ago
Stemming the tide in Normandy
Coastal erosion has become a serious problem for many seaside communities, no more so than in Normandy, in north-west France, where rising sea levels, strong tides and stronger storms have swept away…
Published on 1 month ago
Inside India's war on Maoists
For nearly 60 years, the Indian government has been fighting a violent group of Maoists in the country. They are followers of the late Chinese leader, Mao Zedong and have carried out bombings and kil…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Raising children on a warming planet
Another round of global climate talks is taking place at the COP30 summit, but some are questioning whether there is much point to these gatherings. We bring people together who have decided to take …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago