Au Pair Grannies

In this edition: the Cannes Film Festival, a guitar maker from northern Germany, a trip to southern Italy, a palace in Saxony and the chance to win a prize in our latest quiz.

Globalization and the financial crisis have triggered protest movements all over the world. In many countries, the balance of power has shifted in favor of socialist or social-democratic parties. That provides a fertile breeding ground for a renaissance of social-democratic ideals such as justice, equal opportunity and aid for the weaker members of a society.

It’s apparent everywhere - Germany is growing increasingly diverse. But even today Sezen Tatlici is often marked as a "foreigner”, even though she’s a German citizen. To raise awareness about the situation of second- and third-generation children of immigrants, she founded the multicultural association "Typisch Deutsch” - or "Typically German”.

Antonio Gaudí - Barcelona's Great Architect, Spain