Ideals Giving birth in a safe place. Birth centres are seen as an alternative to overcrowded delivery rooms. How do the midwives there work? A visit to Hannover-Herrenhausen.
Ideals Behind the walls of the Rosicrucians. The spiritual community ‘International School of the Golden Rosycross’ is regarded as a sect. What ideals do its members pursue?
Ideals The last bastion. Lützerath has been ‘excavated’ – despite resistance and occupation. Our author witnessed the activists’ daily life and struggle up to the eviction.
Ideals Small but defiant. While they were stranded during the pandemic, Circus Siola’s caravans were shot at and its performers insulted as ‘scum’. Is there no place in our society for Siola’s ‘classical old-European circus art’?
Ideals ‘A pub is an honest business’. The artist Renate Marek runs the ‘Nordstadtbraut’ in Hannover. Why profit is not what matters most to her.
Ideals All too human. Hunting divides opinion: some see it as necessary to stabilise damaged ecosystems. For others, hunting is only about trophies.
Ideals Portrait of a displacement. Vivid graffiti, buzzing events – the Koch-Areal in Zurich was an alternative place to live. Its eviction sparked a debate about community and gentrification.
Ideals Utopia versus state power. Student Tim Wagner accompanies the clearing of the Dannenröder Forest.
Ideals Fried potatoes and love. Johannes Nagel broke with his life as a financial adviser to become a street musician and be closer to his children.
Ideals How bombs change ideals. The war in Ukraine has not only devastated lives and landscapes – it has also changed what many Ukrainians hope for. What are their new priorities?
Ideals A second life for building materials. The construction industry is one of the biggest consumers of raw materials and at the same time the world’s largest producer of waste. Reclaiming building components could help reduce the problem.
Ideals Stuffed, squeezed, starved – body ideals through the ages. For as long as we have existed, there have been supposedly ideal bodies. Which proportions were flattering in the Middle Ages? And what might a modern perspective look like?
Ideals Wildwuchs works. Community-supported agriculture aims to make environmentally friendly farming possible. Our author wanted to know whether it works and visited a farm.
Ideals Simply Fyn – neither woman nor man. What is life like beyond socially accepted gender roles? Your browser does not support the video tag.
Ideals How Najiba became Afghanistan’s first drag queen. Growing up in a conservative Afghan family, Najib was abused because of his queer identity. Today, as Najiba, he campaigns for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Ideals No, Mum and Dad, I’m not going to be a doctor! When parents try to project their own ideals onto their children. A conversation with the author Ulrike Bartholomäus.
Ideals Pet play: welcome to the Wuffel zone. Wearing dog masks to their regulars’ night, on a lead to a party – why some people enjoy slipping into animal roles.
Ideals #BodyPositivity – the fight for respect. The self-love trend obscures the idea behind body positivity – and clouds the real problem in society.
Ideals How my ideals led me into anorexia. Even at nursery our author didn’t feel particularly sporty. She never thought she would ever become so ill.
