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a. hi there i am welcome to the show and let's have a look at what's coming up in the next half hour. on the lights of the british capital is clearing up for christmas. in the building breaks scenes from bygone days made out of lego. on but always a violin is this twenty year old a monolith check numbly on has a bright future ahead of him. well we kick off today's show with something christmassy and if you're not in the spirit right now you will be after the first reports even if it's still one month away a lot of citizen europe being to look festive and one of the most beautiful places to be doing this time of the year is definitely london in high park the winter wonderland has opened and the christmas lights in the center of tunnel sparkling as

well. it's the run up to christmas in london's main shopping district oxford street regent street and carnaby street a particularly well decorated this year. as other windows of the famous luxury department stores sell fridges. and harrods. you get. people offering people drink you know eating together lots of decorations this week that people get out of here every day. and worry them allow themselves to relax a little and think about. the geoffrey museum of the home is putting on a show called christmas past it covers english christmas traditions from the past

four hundred years. in the seventeenth century sweets were made to look like eggs bacon all stored. up until the nineteenth century christmas was celebrated over twelve days at least by those who could afford it the twelfth day of christmas the six of january was the highlight then people ate a very special case this cake would have been eaten on the twelfth night and base within the cake would have been a be underpaid and say whichever kind of male member of the family got the would have become the being king i mean this could have been a small child and it was space to be a joke that then that child with be the head of the household would have seen over the christmas festivities and they also had the pieces. to feed the queen and it

was so kind of twisting the hierarchy of the house. the christmas card was invented in the mid nineteenth century in england a german christmas tradition made it across the channel around this time to the christmas trees another german tradition made it to england much later the christmas market the winter wonderland in hyde park is the biggest christmas market in britain it's also got far more attractions than your average german market. there are some one hundred fifty stands selling handicrafts from the region. and over one hundred rides to choose from enough to make you feel dizzy. last year some two point five million visitors came to winter wonderland it's become a must for locals and tourists alike. with them and that's just

a good fun before christmas is always good way to go and have fun like and celebrate christmas things. that market the law i have with all the larger goods yeah i mean i want to see the ice cream. with two hundred fifty sculptures the magical ice kingdom is one of the highlights here. a wrap up warm because it's minus ten degrees celsius in this icy realm five hundred tons of ice were used to make a kingdom. on this giant octopus is five meters high and weighs a whopping sixty tons those who really like it cold can enjoy a cool cocktail here at the iceberg. and psych themselves up for an exhilarating ride on the giant observation wheel which is an incredible sixty meters high.

well that's beautiful isn't it. and also all of us it isn't europe us is only gearing up for the festive season paris for example where we're heading now in our round up of culture events serious today's express. paris is also getting in the holiday spirit on wednesday evening the christmas lights went on the show. really rose depp the daughter of hollywood star johnny depp got to press the magic button. it was an honor for the young actress. i've always loved the seans elisei and the happy and spirit brings to mind. i never imagined i'd be doing this and i'm very moved. some four hundred trees are now decorated with lights along the famous boulevard that's almost two kilometers long every evening from six p.m. the chandeliers a shows off its new festive luck.

with this minimalist video icelandic singer bjork is introducing her ninth studio album utopia it's all about love in the clip for the single blessing me the fifty two year old artist once again shows off her eccentric side. simply known as bjork is one of the most important pop artists of her generation this. german football star. will be a father his wife former tennis pro and event of a true revealed the good news by tweeting this photo the couple married in july twenty sixth it's not yet clear away of the baby will be born

a couple of currently living in chicago where bastian schweinsteiger is under contract. with the chicago fire football club until the end. she is the most beautiful woman in germany we are talking about cup the twenty year old won the title of miss germany twenty seventeen well that's a huge honor but she wants more and she's dreaming of being crowned miss uni worsen so she's off to the miss universe contest and as vegas we matter with her why she got some tips on the porch from a professional trainer. a few months ago severe kark was studying sociology at this university and harlow now she's put her studies on hold to prepare for the miss universe pageant. coach emyr is helping her get ready he pays attention to every detail of her gait her facial

expressions and especially her charisma but the idea of training to struck down the catwalk instead of attending lectures is still quite new for severe and her family . with alfie and i had to explain to people what it was especially to my grandson is from the older generation what do we do what's it about it's not just about looking pretty those who become mr universe work with lots of organizations helping children and others. so they have carcase twenty years old and almost a late bloomer to be starting a career as a model but she'd always followed beauty pageants on the internet and thought i can do that so she applied to miss universe germany and be taught hundreds of rivals from across the country. this coming weekend is the grand final of miss universe in las vegas ninety women from ninety countries are taking

part in mia is helping severe own her performance to perfection. the harder she's got everything the beauty of the face the body style the glamour on the ninth that's already ninety percent higher and that's a lot of this court that's going to get on their knees the ten percent comes down to her smile. it needs to be strong and confident yes dark on confidence that severe car has always been self-confident at home she and her mother calling or reminisce about sophia as childhood even as a kid sophia always loved show business. we had a dress a mug's with scarves and jacket on. this guy good morning to take a load of personal financial rennes and. that's how it all began. and i was. next off

last vegas sophia and don't have much time to get every step turn i am posed just right. welfare's crossed for the contest on sunday in las vegas and i love this beautiful girl we move on with some really normal and if there is such a thing when a man although i can't tell you how often i asked myself this question maybe now we'll find some answers new exhibition and rest except lee with this rather complicated topic. in the old days it was clear what a man was courageous strong and fearless he'd hunt for food work hard and provide for his family and he'd fight to get ahead. but the image of men has changed over the years radically these days men are increasingly searching for identity.

i believe there are specific topics that a male dominated fitness korea sports strengthened her realty but i think that's just one part of masculinity they're told because that is just as important discussed openly as he sees include weaknesses such as fear of failure and failure itself. at presidents moton on how to center for contemporary art twenty artists have tackled the subject of male roles past and present. there's no such thing as an average joe just converged in our generation i think it's typically male to be aware of your parents and know facts and watching how you look at the gym who can pump the most i am fitness it's interesting to see what goes on that. asking questions and calling your own ideas into question. the exhibition examines the roles of men from different

viewpoints. i wouldn't like to be depicted as an ordinary woman but as an individual and i don't think a man would like to be depicted as ordinary or rather we all want to be unique and special somehow and that's what this book. the search for what it means to be a man continues in president until mid march. dress and i'm coming i think i have to go there to find out more they say a piece of string is a wonderful thing that. brings us directly to our next report it's time now to get creative idea why expert francisco it is is going to show us how to brighten up our home in no time and with just a few things among obvious colorful strings. the

time effort currently is a popular motto worldwide so it's just the right time to show you how to make this beautiful string of pineapple yourself if you need a drawing or printout of your motif you can find a link to my image and other video on our you tube channel interior design. a piece of good will that suits your motif. nails mine a two point five centimeters long. and stain of paint if desired. i'm standing by what a dark color but you can paint the world of bright colors well i'll just leave it as it is. let the sand would dry completely fall beginning to fix the pattern in the center of a piece of wood with. the hammer the nails in everywhere so could have been drawn. if you motif doesn't have any surface mark on it draw them yourself every one or two centimeters along the outer edge of your pet and. when all of the neighbors are

in remove the paper pet and. tire strand of wool around any nail and knotted nine the yarn completely round the name next to it then go back to the first name keep the yarn held taught as it can quickly come undone and then go have to start all over again. for the pineapple creating a few lines in the center gives it a nice contour. cover the remaining for nails by winding the on around them just one. this creates a nice symmetrical. not and secure the end with blue. all that's missing is the pineapple its green crown first create the country. for the inside one piano round it's now a once in a crisscross pattern. and that is a really chic pineapple picture. but you

can easily produce other motifs using this method. to create a negative image like this camera and it's all around the edge of the wood and that from one of these out there to why the wood around the peten. if you want to be more inspired just go to our you tube channel the w. interior design there you can find plenty ideas for your home as a kid i love lego i met really everything with the little bricks and you'll find the iconic toy entered in rooms all over the world but right now let's find out why one million bricks are in a museum in northern germany. it's not uncommon to find things made of stone in a museum often they're very old things less common used to find things made from lego. but these constructions are ideal for telling stories about the past.

but at first for middle if you want to talk about the ancient world about world cultures then you need a medium that is fun. and that's possible. hammy unit who is believed to be the architect of the great pyramid of giza seventy five thousand pieces of lego were needed to make him the museum director really likes a different model that's just that in this model of course these are the results from eric's give asian supply rameses we've been working there for thirty six years these are the stables of ramsay's the great you can see the chariots and the horses here we've got a stable everything looks exactly like it was that's what was so great when the company said we could work together we kept changing things but now i think we've got it and i hope lots of people find this fun. a roman villa full

of loving details. the spanish conquest of america. the miocene. the taj mahal. a huge castle it took three months to build nine models. x.l. our obey and his team used one million pieces of lego. a museum centers a lot of documents. concept came up with a concept together. and. i was trying to find a workable lego scale and that's that visitors can also play with lego the more ambitious ones can take a stab at the models themselves and it doesn't matter if everything isn't quite accurate historically. the romans probably didn't hate crime songs.

bicycles and cameras didn't exist in one thousand and you don't need to be an astronaut to go to the taj mahal donald trump on a dragon anything's possible. i thought i was good at lego on to us all that i don't know what i am on a boy also lego when he was young fact is he started playing the violin when he was just five years old they also un was born into a family of musicians and he has made his passion to a profession today at the age of twenty four he's one of the upcoming violinists were wide we met up with him in munich but you would never guess where.

a parking lot might not be a typical venue for an impromptu concert that emanuel took the boy in the ideal place to practice box cone into myna because the two sticks. he simply addicted to his instrument will be of the movie i always try not to take the violin with me when i go on holiday. but you can't imagine the state i get into after three days. i need to have my violin i need to be able to play. and when he's not playing he stradivarius he likes to polish. the twenty two year old has his own radio show.

sometimes he even fantasizes about playing electric guitar. but it's the violin which really does it for him. then again i was playing a piece by your highness by drawing a violin lessons and suddenly everything became clear and it was so incredibly intense. afterwards when i was fifteen sixteen seventeen i was just an ecstasy at every concert. i make stop this from division. bank. land.

believe god has the capacity to burst the limits of reality he was born into a family of musicians his father is a conductor and when he was very little he too was allowed to conduct. his pianist mother would have preferred to peek at a different area. to have met him father than a from the other i spoke to my father on the phone the words of if he was abroad and asked what he should bring us a story my sister wanted a doll and i said i wanted a real violin minimal dunning my mother want him not to buy one he's saying i shouldn't become a musician. sometimes i really hoped he would get me one. and when i heard he was back i ran downstairs of the console that he brought me this tiny quarter violin player and a few of my spirit home was believable and here. he

started learning to play at the age of five two years later he performed a concert with an orchestra. playing easy to him one critic wrote that he presented each choice as if it was precious. i feel it in my whole body in my fingertips under my chin it's very very physical. borean was awarded best interpretation of the scene. in twenty fifteen. there was talk that he was. done. in the moment.

many. when i play i'm sometimes incredibly depressed and sometimes i have incredible feelings of happiness and i have to smile sometimes i'm a bit. when the music becomes a bit mysterious something happens to me i mean i never prepare for a concert and say to myself i'll just go out there and follow through with. each day i wake up with a different feeling and i just write the. season and then you will take no for you in his debut recitals all over us his playing is poised tempestuous and. everything you expect from a great violinist. well i can't imagine how he will make his family and friends get into the festive mood when he's playing christmas songs

and how do you gear up for the festive season that's exactly what we wanted to know this week thanks to all of you who send photos as you can see we have received some fantastic entries here is just a little selection some of you sent in christmas photo that even sandy will be jealous off and away the winning pic comes from alex ah the from india. they are they have a. also really colorful decorations as you can see and as a live thank you from you get this excuse if you are coming it can wait til asians and well i'm sorry but. now it's time to say goodbye but don't miss the upcoming episode of here might be really really special here is a little appetizer so hopefully see you tomorrow again thanks for watching.

next time on your own max stefan edberg his head chef at berlin's hotel adlon kempinski he's responsible for all of the dishes served at this year's job. for months he's been planning the menu with his team of one hundred chefs some two thousand three hundred guests are expected cura max will be that. high society bowl next time and i you're a mac special. j

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their black and living in germany. he's reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter i guess nothing that. you know different than the way. she traveled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. it's. well i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. so the main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about us because it's good so you. do something for your country but you're still the black guy so i thought.

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