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is a taste of what's coming up on the show. historic moments a london archive stories photographic treasures. curious color young entrepreneurs in spain want to revolutionize the world of wine. and african cuisine above the restaurant prepares street food egyptian style. to start us off we're heading to london to a treasure trove of photography holds an archive team of twenty five digitizing millions of photos in order to preserve them for future generations the picture is snapshots of important historical moments politicians and celebrities but also intimate moments in time that capture the zeit geist more than the written would ever could let's take a glimpse at what this stunning archive has to offer. stars keith

richards and david bowie. ernest shackleton zant arctic expedition of one nine hundred fourteen. the painter pablo picasso. the berlin wall in november one thousand eight hundred nine. one nine hundred sixty five title fight. all these photos and many many more can be found here at the holton archive in london. eighteen million pictures from one hundred fifty years of photographic history. matthew butson is the guardian of this treasure trove. even though he's worked here for thirty years he does not know every photo but he has plenty of stories to tell. dietrich my lena. and this is just one

particular file we have dozens. that were with that victoria station from my so she was children for some strange reason the country holiday. i love this show so. these. little. traineeship have. the holton archive is the property of the photo agency images which was founded in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight a staff of twenty five worked to make the stocks of images available to the media galleries and private individuals. they're responsible for gems like these original film still and studio photos from the shooting of fritz lang's classic movie metropolis. now you've got the very famous shots that everyone you know will recognize and maybe certain shots that you don't recognize you know this is where

it becomes even though it wasn't shot for that purpose. fewer than one percent of the pictures have been digitized so far. for twenty five years now richard davis has been working to increase that percentage here digitizing is more than tossing a picture into a scanner the generated files have to satisfy the most demanding criteria so the process can be very involved and time consuming for example making a decades old faded negative look like it did when the photo was taken now you have to understand you have to understand when you add and subtract. what it. is that's the sky and when you look at a sky one hundred percent which is a lot now.

even. finding suitable images for extremely diverse clients can be a real detective work. and it often results in surprises that. we're still only scratching the surface. is a rough indication for everyone he meets online there's two hundred prints in the fall as for every one of those prints in the files which we've seen is potentially two hundred negatives have never been seen and that's the exciting is pleasure in. the holton archive does more than digitize it has its own dark rooms where technicians who have decades of experience make analog prints in any desired size. they have a wall a kind of fail to them the get with it i'm a modern digital player and i'm also we can say by experience that the

last kept. the last fifty years we just don't know about digital. the archive is not limited to pictures of stars politicians and historic moments massive pots and is fascinated by every day photos of ordinary people doing ordinary things this is a cultural resolves and although we generate revenue off the back of that through licensing to newspapers books magazines even advertising it's more than that it's this is a cultural heritage and it's our job to look after that. the holton archive is a unique photographic collection that features pictures from one hundred fifty years of mankind's history. and there are plenty more stories just waiting to be uncovered. well they've certainly got their work

cut out now let's take a look at what's happening across europe today our express features the pope penguins and prince. the for. statistical exhibition celebrating the legendary musician prince opened in london on friday. on display are two hundred objects from paisley park the home of the superstar who died in two thousand and sixteen. among the first visitors was tycoon alison prince's sister. it was a stream the difficult i didn't make it you know maybe ten fifteen steps that that started crying had to go back out came back in maybe made twenty twenty five steps cry had to go back so it's it was hard among the items on display our musical instruments awards and on stage costumes including the suit for prince's purple rain tour of one thousand nine hundred four and eighty five the exhibition in london's o two arena will continue through january the seventh twenty eighteen.

francis spoke with people in outer space for the first time on thursday the pontiff conversed with the six astronauts on the international space station i assess from the vatican by video conference. the twenty five minute talk focused on philosophical questions like where do we come from and where are we going to people you know and of course what is humankind's place in the universe. the london zoo has come up with a special idea for halloween. the name of the program is boo at the zoo visitors can watch the animals feed and holloway in fashion. the sumatra tigers received blood drenched pumpkins. the humble penguins were served their fish in a freshly carp jack-o.

lantern and the mirror cats had to fish their peas out of a bucket of water just like in the popular halloween game of bobbing for apples. continues through october thirty first. well from scary looking food to a strange looking beverage now normally wine tends to fall into one of three color categories white red or rosé but in northern spain two young entrepreneurs have decided they need to add to that traditional color palette thankyou of choice fluorescent blue in bilbao they've been producing the drink that is made entirely out of grapes but you wouldn't think it based on its look and while it has the same alcohol content as wine they're not allowed to sell it as such. a drop of blue anyone it might not look like it or be permitted to be called wine but this is a spanish wine it's made from grapes pressed in the normal way. it was created by

five friends in build our who wanted to revolutionize the wine world with their product d.q. live. the bright blue color is their trademark and marketing gimmick. makes different kinds of grapes and then we extract. from the skin of the right great that's called on society. and that's when the blue come from actually one hundred percent grape. wine isn't a category under the law that's why you can't officially be called wine. someone experts like enrique martinez are also a little skeptical. but not enough to turn down a. wine tastings will be frightened by the color but when they smell it will be surprised that it smells like wine or whatever you know i mean it's not

a strong wine. the alcohol content around eleven point five percent. when you try it if you notice the taste a bit sweet i personally prefer dry winds but when i was about the. spanish wine making is steeped in tradition so for some this blue wine is hard to swallow. owns a vineyard and he's the president of a spanish council on wine regulation. he likes young people to get involved in wine as long as the culture is lost. which online is more than a drink. when you drink wine you're also absorbing the region it's from what. you feel the effort that's gone into the want of the work and hopes of the wine maker. a glass of wine is a small piece of the country and the vineyard with no wine it's

a different story it's a. spanish wine bars have a more pragmatic approach as long as it tastes nice any alcoholic drink is welcome . the blue wine certainly arouses curiosity from young and old alike. but it's not bad but it lacks expression but if you know. that taste is very smooth you can't really tell if there is alcohol in it. just a little weird. the creators of geek alive are vindicated by their success they've sold more than four hundred thousand bottles in twenty five countries including britain japan and australia next they want to conquer the us market. costs around eight euros. it's not for wine connoisseurs like people who know in this kind of rule how to drink it it's only for people who want the best wine and the best concept. you know without

all the trouble of having to know this kind of growth that. the basic rule for wine is actually drink what you like so if you like blue wind then here's. europe at its best your imax brings you the highlights on instagram stunning landscapes spectacular buildings and mouthwatering delicacy our reporters are constantly on the look out with their cameras we look forward to your comments check out our duramax instagram stories and discover how exciting and diverse europe can be. on instagram. well moving on daily comic strips used to be at home in newspapers but the internet has opened up new platforms for artists six years ago two students started posting their full picture stories on instagram and facebook now the jews who call

themselves war and peace have a huge audience as thousands like and share their posts every week we paid them a visit in the german city of looking to see them at work. for picture panels sparse text a crude style of drawing these comics play with their readers expectations. the figures never act and feel as you think. i know the comics were created by these two people elizabeth and jonathan coolants want to fight me but i'm just a minor schmuck with. together they are war and peace it's a play on the title of lael tolstoy's famous epic novel. but they see themselves as a goofy version. of the comics.

i can turn up with understand our hero mix always orient themselves completely toward what we think is funny if we don't think a comic is funny or not we would never publish it many other comic artists might see an anniversary or an event coming up and say let's draw a comic for it but that's not the way we work so folks and it's a mission. elizabeth and jonathan often get their ideas from things they see in everyday life in a cafe and then they brainstorm and draft sketches come to come so you know when the computer says the password you've chosen is to wake up but i think it's really arrogant of the computer to say that it's like i have insulted enough of them because you know as i would across the ok so he types a password in the computer answers the password is weak. but most would like this. as my son is hoping that we usually have something in mind already when we meet at a cafe it's much can we tell each other our ideas and usually the other person

provides feedback. has come from a fan that laid to a new idea how can we get to be more involved in it going to be on site in my mouth . is this the end and was. often one of us draws the first two pictures and says i've set up a good starting situation but i don't know how it should continue because then the other comes and develops a twist that's really going our comics often have that unexpected twist or end in some absurdity the kind and often the one who didn't think in the story can construct the twist better than the one who came up with the original idea to be. the story. but have unsuspected. creating that apparent simplicity is our. story the dog that plays hide and seek with its mistress who's blind.

and there's a surprise when the grim reaper comes for someone to take her out to dinner. elizabeth and jonathan are a couple they've worked on their comics alongside their day jobs for six years. their passion for comics brought them together when they were students at art college. comics. get to know michelle i think it's our very special combination of the visual medium and the literary medium. there are deceptively social and that's why they're so excessive. you can convey lots of ideas quickly and powerfully with his combination who have been kind and especially with humor you can tie things together that are visually funny and then intensify them with dialogue on dog there's so many nuances and it's fascinating how many ways there are to transport humor with this mixture

of image untaxed times but. they create the final comic on a tablet each line goes straight into the computer. here they're working on the story of a computer that complains about a week past where. the comic card they published online made the two of them pioneers at the art college in. we started this blog and it became more and more successful and we did our own comic stuff as part of the comic lessons at college. and pretty soon after we graduated we were able to give our own courses and that's still growing. as a student of mass equality and there's now a master's course in comic and graphic novels. i write about me and you can see from all the different publications that are broken is

a good place for comics and. so what happens to the uppity computer it gets what it deserves. here you're a max we showcase all sorts of gifted people and now we'd like to hear from you so what's your talent let us know what you do best and you could win a euro max wrist watch just like this one take part on our website and find out if you were the lucky winner at the end of next week. now if food is your passion pay attention to this next up it's another installment for our kitchen series fifty kitchens one city where we explore the many colored mary delights that palin has to offer restauranteurs across the capitol have opened their kitchens to us showing us

how they make their country's cuisine this time we delve into egyptian cooking at the looks and sound pull a delicious dish. what i miss the most about cairo is the good weather the people and even the chaos it's a city that never sleeps. it was really tough to leave cairo and come to germany mainly because it was completely unplanned and i'd always intended to stay there but today i can say it was a good decision. was born in germany in one thousand nine hundred seventy two he was four when his parents moved to africa he's lived in lebanon on gamen and egypt and studied in cairo there he met the woman who's now his wife she's half austrian half egypt and they married in cairo in two thousand and five six years later the couple left egypt i moved to berlin for professional reasons. they give

me is for me it is like a pseudo homeland for me. and of course i could never claim to be a gyptian be presumptuous i always say i'm an amateur egyptian and i've never lived anywhere as long as i have lived in egypt. cairo is the place in the world i know best so it is kind of like home to me. and he brought his love of kosher meat egypt's national dish to berlin he studied marketing and had long dreamed of opening his own restaurant. developed a concept and then realized it in twenty. fifteen his idea to serve up north african street food. is good. news and there's a story which hasn't been verified that kosher it came from india during the days when egypt like india was part of the british empire. and the pasta that's in it

because it's a mixture of rice lentils and noodles that form the basis of the dish supposedly came from the italians who were living in egypt at the time. there was a big italian community there which was responsible for pasta finding its way into the dish in the in this case what kosher is simply unique. that. is egypt's version of fast food there it can be found on almost every street corner and. it's mix of rice noodles and lentils is also popular because it's traditionally of the condition the variations with ground meat are occasionally offered. spices like human and her along with white wine vinegar give the sauce it's unmistakable taste. and kosher it just wouldn't be

complete without some caramelized onions on top. or in egypt koshary is mainly offered at roadside stalls or snack bars but it's an inexpensive and filling meal which is why it's a favorite among students and young people in general who. was extremely important is that vinegar has to be added to the tomato sauce as the tomato sauce is basically similar to an italian. so if you leave out the vinegar it taste quite like italian to made. sauce. as if they don't like the vinegar is extremely important to bring out the typical kosher retests in the humans into the . forty's and. the kosher we look stands out from all the other restaurants around seventy plaques in berlin shot mockingbird district. when it

came to the interior design landmark had clear ideas about how it should look. he imported the furniture and accessories from egypt. just designs it is the design itself is almost a trend in cairo. what you see here in the restaurant is called ballad the sheik in egypt and by that he bela there is a gyptian focal sure and that's really hip in cairo especially since the revolution was. you when you take elements from folk alcher and carry them over into a modern design language and it's the same with the cuisine. line tech spent six months experimenting before he was happy with his version of culturing egyptian food is usually on the mild side but you can add sauces to spice things up . as it as. it was really tasty and something different.

it's something you don't often find in berlin in the i could see myself eating that again is this it is amazing really slim or someone who's really done this when it's me is i was in the area and thought i'd treat my colleagues to something i've ordered twenty five portions for all my colleagues and they're thrilled because a few of them have tasted it already and that will be our lunch later and this is i have to. make our land back has captured the taste of the times with the looks and he's planning to open a second restaurant in berlin. midweek of course. well if that's what you appetite you can check out that recipe and others from a fifty kitchens series just visit our website called slash fifty kitchens that's all from us for today please do join us again tomorrow for your remarks highlights

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