it's fleet street you know everyone. seems to. be fishing. could you tell africa starts december twelfth on w. i want to welcome to another edition of euro max with me your host megan lee as usual we are making our way around europe to all the cultural hot spots here's a look at what's coming up. on usual library a belgian baker whose passion is collecting sourdough starter. unique ability of musician who can make his guitars sound like various instruments. and inventive

talented designer who revolutionized the fashion world with the mini skirt. we kick off today show on a sour note with sourdough bread that is it's the oldest and most original form of leavened bread now making the dough is quite simple all you have to do is combine flour water in a glass or plastic container cover it with a breathable lid then let it sit in a warm place for at least twelve hours and while you have the ingredients were a good loaf of sourdough bread while in belgium one specialist has created a library of sourdough starters let's find out now why he has cultivated this unusual passion. these jars filled with sourdough starter aren't just sitting in any old fridge they're exhibits on display at the parata sourdough library in belgium and they're all alive for degree celcius

is just cool enough to keep the microbes in check for the collections head to cull the smet these exhibits are more than just a number these are these is this sound i was my first wife in we got in from san francisco in one thousand nine hundred nine and francisco or and and from all of the starters here in the library. this is the one closest to my heart and beauty and spiritualists never forget your first sourdough. is the forget forget. the smiths library now boasts one hundred fifteen specimens from twenty countries the oldest dates from eighteen eighty six and the new west he's just bought back from spain. every sourdough is different depending on where it was made and with what kind of flour to ferment the starter needs to rest and be fed regularly with

flour and water it makes the dough rise and gives the bread its likely sour taste thousand five thousand years ago everyone who baked brand worked with sourdough. it then as not there are still many different kinds of sourdough. but unless they're handed down from mother to daughter father to son not make it a baker. they'll be lost forever. to ensure that old recipes and ingredients are preserved this matt travels the world in search of sourdough specialists from canada he brought home started though used by miners during the gold rush that's still alive today. he learned the methods people used in the summer do school in britain. and in greece he watched country folk make bread. some of those lactic acid bacteria help spread keep longer and has health benefits dismounts quest for sourdough takes him to three or four countries each

year which is does immersion really it's always nice to be able to discover new things in china for example you can find plenty of things we don't have in europe or china they don't bake bread with sourdough like we do instead they make steamed buns. can ave a good done. parata sourdough library is located in the village of something feet in eastern belgium. here the team from the belgian bakery company peralta's has been producing sourdough and everything that could be made with it for more than two decades. this bakery located next to the library is only used on special occasions for instance to show product developers from around the world what kinds of bread can be made with sourdough and maybe even inspired new kinds of baked goods. the most important thing for us out any way is the story

they love to know where it's come from how long it's been around so that's really what they're looking for is the story behind. this kind of redheads bring me from my childhood to time when my grandmother made the rio bread in our times and it's really nice flavor and delicious it's something which that finitely people need to test that italian people love so much sourdough and myself we have a family business we produce bonnet on and we have our hound sourdough that we refresh since i don't remember when to keep his exhibits alive the smart refreshes his starters every two months with flour and water he keeps a duplicate sample. and various types of flour making sourdough is a science in itself and takes lots of patience. for a sheet in a meat there is different types of lactic acid bacteria some only produce lactic

acid and others make acetic acid and the temperature is pretty important. and depending on how often the refresh the sound it becomes more or less sour. is the movie nigger or mere zala. you can even use sourdough to make waffles in belgium called the smith makes canadian style ones the way he learned to on his visit to the yukon naturally he used the original sourdough starter and he can't resist tasting the results. so far. as it looks like it is our bread of course tastes even better with cheese which of course goes well with wine and that brings us to the new border layer which has just been released more on that at the top of today's express.

a new vote season the young french red wine traditionally becomes available in shops on the third thursday in november each year some two thousand visitors from the beaujolais region just north of li all produce this pretty treat annually each year bottles are exported to over one hundred countries. on wednesday experts from the university of cambridge confirmed that two brands as exhibited by the fitzwilliam museum in cambridge were in fact made by michelangelo it took the specialists four years of extensive research to verify their authenticity. the sculptures are the only surviving bronzes by the renaissance master they had been attributed to michelangelo since the nineteenth century but outside remained due to a lack of historical documentation. by standard film director benedict ellingson has won this year's books prize awarded by the european parliament its president antonio tayana presented the trophy in

strasburg for ending songs political comedy woman at war the film tells the story of a fifty something eco warriors fight against an aluminum plant in iceland from nepal be touts. expired austrian filmmaker for fang fischer and the other side of everything from serbian director mueller to. look surprise was introduced in two thousand and seven the e.u. parliament created the i want to shine a spotlight on european films to touch on current social and political issues. most bands as we know consists of various members who have their individual instrument to play but with the italian guitars lucas trick and you only he himself is the entire band when he plays it sounds like three guitars plus a drum and bass we met up with him at a concert in berlin to hear more. there

are no other musicians hiding backstage every sound you hear comes from. guitar. he's playing british band gorilla song feel good in all honesty. i always thought the guitar is such a little used for meant a little bit weak that is good for your bedroom but to have one thousand even twelve thousand people in front of you just listening to this little instrument it's kind of magical and always felt like sharing the stage with others it's what most people do and it's amazing but i was really just keeping this all for this little guitar over my self. stricken you all the began playing the guitar when he was ten over time italian

musician has developed his own style. along with his own compositions he performs covers of famous pop and rock songs. like this one from electronic music group the prodigy. i try to play at the same time melody army baseline and drums. are many. bass line. and drums. and i together.

little became famous overnight back in two thousand and fifteen when his version of the ac d.c. classic thunderstruck went viral. his version of can't stop from the red hot chili peppers was also a hit altogether his music videos have racked up more than one hundred million views on you tube and facebook. i remember releasing the video. on you tube the views got pretty crazy and or started receiving concert requests from all over the world and in the beginning i really didn't know what to do with this concert requests like you do want to play on this date in florida and i was like ok how do i even go to florida. and for one concert how much money do i have to ask i really didn't know what to do saw it was like a big wave against me. now stricken nearly tours the world at his biggest concert

to date he performed in front of twelve thousand people in tel aviv. one of luca's biggest role models is american guitarist andy mckee bikies technique inspired luka and modern fingerstyle guitarists the strings directly using their fingertips make your nails or picks attached to their fingers sometimes like with luke a strike in nearly they perform on very unusual instruments my aim is to have independence between the hands like a piano player. he plays a custom made triple neck guitar which allows him to create multiple voices simultaneously like in his cover of you to use with or without you. two three. currently touring with three other guitarists here the. playing in berlin as part of the international guitar night to work.

dispel the guitarist also marvel at lukas unusual style someone who really doesn't know music listen to these amazing because it's incredible and you know musician you see all men. seeking about so much different things so you know it's amazing. his success is also due to a lot of hard work but doesn't this dampen his passion for playing. you sold this with lots of love for guitar it's a certain point you need to put all the job aside and say ok now we go back to the roots it was just me and my dream in my bedroom and you go back to. next year lucas took a newly plans to put out a new album which killed record using a new and very special guitar. continuing

now with this week's series pioneering women today we get to know mary quant who's invention caused a scandal in the early sixty's the fashion designer was responsible for introducing the mini skirt and how it was first pictured in the one nine hundred sixty two edition of british vogue and it sparked outrage from both conservatives and the church soon after though the miniskirt became a symbol of female emancipation and a must have in almost every modern woman's wardrobe i myself even have a few well the mini skirt made that mary quant a fashion icon it's still as popular as ever no matter the weather. london in autumn even at low temperatures there are plenty of mini skirts around.

mary quant invention is almost sixty years old but it still makes a specific fashion statement. for freedom and beauty and they get a little bit of flirting i'm sure like back then people would think it's not cool because you're very conservative. but what the narrative is cool for women to wear is giving one to i think must've been really controversial but it's really cool that it's of. the british fashion designer sparked a genuine revolution in the early one nine hundred sixty s. . original mini skirt hitched up hemlines to at least ten centimeters above the knee and became a symbol of a mass of painted women nine hundred sixty six she was awarded the order of the british empire for her work the mini skirt changed beauty ideals. the new mini was soon personified by a certain leslie hornby better known as twiggy with her bobbed hair and slender

figure the model quickly became a style and cultural icon of the swinging sixty's the mini skirt was a polarizer as soon learned in her own shop from the beginning it was a. lot of young men to bring in my girlfriends and raving about everything and there were not a lot of sort of. on the window with their i. managed to do what few fashion designers had done before she changed society with a piece of fabric. and. i think it was all really down to mary quant she was an art student she didn't want to dress the way her mother did which you know up until then really had been kind of the way things were. during the one nine hundred fifty s. to peace on samples were in fashion quanta was creating for a new generation and had her finger on the pulse of the sixty's in particular that

of england's artists and musicians. today her designs have long since become classics her favorite dress the banana split was even honored on a british stamp in two thousand and nine. it's the perfect black dress and it comes. in it's black and. potent a high high high cut right through it. and so it flows right up so it fools it just shows up in. london's victoria and albert museum has been collecting an archive in quantum design since the one nine hundred seventy s. because it was clear even then that her work was revolutionary some of the museums hundred or so pieces are in its permanent exhibition quantz forte is like sporting cuts like these it's wearable fashion for work or having fun.

american reaction against that very grown up lady tailoring that english fashion was known for something completely new things were changing anyway there was a different feeling in the air with people who were fed up with pace with the younger generation with. clubs and place that you could if you were young woman and go straight off to. the mini skirt wasn't quantz only fashion coup she also became the first designer to use vinyl and dresses and shoes. and. she also. takes credit for inventing waterproof eyeliner and strapless broads plushy popularised colored and patterned hose and it was quaint who created the

short shorts known as hot pants like the mini skirt that since become a signpost in fashion history. the designer was quick to export her fashions to the u.s. and japan her shops carry dresses cosmetics and bags all under the mary quant name in two thousand she sold the label to a japanese company and withdrew from public life by her best known creation the mini skirt is still a fixture in the fashion world and. fashion designers like germany's giteau maria kuch mar include short skirts in many of their collections. because there are young people and everyone who's young and shouts already i'm here also wants to wear a mini skirt. that started as a scandal and turned into a symbol of rebellion and emancipation today the mini skirt is a classic and a recurring favorite on the catwalks married one wrote a chapter

a fashion history all her own with just a small piece of fabric. berlin has one new york as well and now the north german city of hamburg is getting one i'm talking about a museum of illusion since the beginning of time people been fascinated by magic and trickery and how new attraction truly takes visitors on a magical mystery tour. nothing is quite as it seems at hamburg's new museum of illusions. dozens of installations feature quirky optical illusions the deceived the senses. museum manager nikolina lots garbage discovered the cool concept in croatia and brought it to hamburg that's ever been you know it's bring out my inner child it's a combination of many factors and everything is based on hi i'm interested there's . the optical illusions per plants visitors and spank their intellectual curiosity

which is the main idea behind the museum the vast four hundred square metres spaces brimming with games puzzles and optical illusions of all kinds some fifty exhibits are on display. one major highlight is this rotating vortex tunnel which makes you feel as if you're losing your balance what donna is. i really like the vortex tunnel argh it makes me feel a bit dizzy but i still keep going through it and my kids totally love it. for limiting sticker. at other museums the rule usually is don't touch but here visitors are encouraged to try out all exhibits for themselves it's all about the disconnect between perceiving things that our brains can't fully process fascinating stuff for kids and adults alike.

it's great for people who might not like visiting museums this interactive museum is something different it's about having a fine arts. and their view of the world might get turned on its head quite literally. and now for something for all you do it yourselfers out there today our resident d.i.y. expert hunching is going to teach us how to fold or gummy and i am going to try it as well so there you go. hi there is tension have you ever heard of origami the ancient japanese art of paper forwarding often into complex shapes such as animals flowers but also your metrical forms can even be used to decorate a war. you need

a full paper about thirty to forty pages in different colors. and double sided sticky tape. that said we can already start first of all the paper up diagonally from the bottom right to meet the top edge smooth to midpoint. for the remaining piece to. right and really smoothed down the photo firmly and then unfold it again. and then fold in the left hand side piece again and this time the bottom edge over that piece. then unfold it. and then fold the paper over so the right hand which meets the left one. and pressed down firmly on the crease. then unfold it again. now full to pull the cone as so they meet in the middle.

and open it up again. then place a folded over the left hand side on to the right one and full the diagonal line in the bottom half. open it up and press a diagonal line upwards to form a triangle. and then fold down the tip of the triangle into the middle. you could already see that apparent shape this emerging. would carry on with the upper right hand corner. to the next creatures. and this creates a flap tug and when the shape is finished. and their ship pyramids make about forty of them. then at the top and sided sticky tape to the surfaces of the shape. now you stick them on the wall you can choose the cuts and yourself. stand out the boards i call. in this project the choice of color is very

important if you would like a different color combination simply look for koa pellets online and get inspired. on how she did that luckily christine my german collie. knows how to do it i really i mean more practice but if you want to see that video again along with other creative d.i.y. tutorials think go through are you to page all right we are out of time for me and the rest of the crew here in berlin it is by for now and we'll see again tomorrow. next time on your own taxes go to artist johnny carson has created a stunning three hundred sixty degree and a ram of the ancient greek city of paramount it depicts every day scenes from one twenty nine c.e. and impressive architecture from the time including the famous paragon altar the

huge mural goes on show in berlin this weekend as the paragon kind of around the next time on your own max.

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