BBC OS Conversations: Polyamorous relationships
A video of American R&B singer Ne-Yo kissing three of his girlfriends backstage has had loads of attention and highlighted the practice of polyamory. This is when people have several partners at once ...
1 Maalis 202523min
Heart and Soul: Becoming a Buddhist Bhikshuni in Bhutan
In 2022 the kingdom of Bhutan ordained 144 women in an unprecedented ceremony. Among them was Emma Slade, also known as Lopen Ani Pema Deki, from Kent in the UK. She was the only Western woman to take...
28 Helmi 202526min
Flight of the vulture
With their fearsome talons, acid poo and a penchant for rotting carcasses, the vulture has long been shouldered with associations of death, and dishonour. This taboo often puts them bottom of the list...
27 Helmi 202526min
BBC Trending: Can Community Notes clean up your feed?
Meta has decided to abandon the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, citing concerns that fact-checkers have become too politically biased. Instead, the com...
26 Helmi 202519min
Assignment: Road wars - cycling in Paris
On 15 Oct 2024, a 27-year-old cyclist was killed in a bike lane in Paris. His name was Paul Varry. He was run over by a car after an argument with a driver. What happened to Paul was extreme, but it r...
25 Helmi 202528min
In the Studio: Mohammad Barrangi
Iranian-born artist and former Paralympian, Mohammad Barrangi, creates intricate, dreamlike worlds where myth and reality collide. His bold, layered works, murals, prints, and 3D sculptures, fuse Pers...
24 Helmi 202526min
Life in occupied Ukraine
Russia’s land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity and russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian...
23 Helmi 202559min
The Fifth Floor: Syria after Assad
In December 2024, rebel forces took control in Syria, and former President Bashar al-Assad fled the country. What's happened since? Salma Khattab from BBC Arabic has just come back from Syria and she...
22 Helmi 202511min
