In this episode of DW Festival Concert, we’ll hear music from Leipzig’s celebration of 300 years of Johann Sebastian Bach.https://ouo.io/oDmHlW

In the book, “The Woman in Me,” Spears reveals how she was due to have a baby with Justin Timberlake, but had an “excruciating” abortion.https://ouo.io/mcKBfB

At the Barenboim-Said Academy in the German capital, young Israeli and Arab musicians study together. The Hamas attacks on Israel happened just before the start of a new semester. How did they react?https://ouo.io/tDcWcx

The land of Friedrich Nietzsche, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Michael Ende sees its libraries and their offerings being showcased annually to young and old alike.https://ouo.io/Y7lGXuV

Beat music and the GDR — two terms that don’t seem to go together at first glance. But they are closely linked, as a new book reveals.https://ouo.io/0ZEtAz

The award jury said Rushdie was chosen for “his indomitable spirit, for his affirmation of life and for enriching our world with his love of storytelling.”https://ouo.io/g4idL4

He is the favorite photographer of renowned architects. But beyond slick buildings, Iwan Baan’s specialty is in documenting how people live in interaction with global structures.https://ouo.io/ZbaC5EY

Legendary English rock band The Rolling Stones release their first album in almost two decades. Here’s what critics say about it.https://ouo.io/ukTmgpk

After surviving a brutal knife attack, the Indian-British author is at the Frankfurt Book Fair. DW met him to discuss his new work.https://ouo.io/XYgbcGy

The German Music Council, the largest national umbrella organisation within the public and intermediary music sectors, is a driving force in Germany’s flourishing musical landscape.https://ouo.io/OsMy5G