to come into existence. the answer is a scientific breakthrough. in 45 minutes on dw, the mirrors to us. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d w, the small. but my d, the mandolin is the instrument of the year, and virtual, so i'd be, i'd be touch shows us why it deserves to be heard. what's the human library? it's where people take the place of books and tell their life stories to strangers . it was at the heart of the industrial revolution. manchester, the british city,

is a top travel destination for 2023. find out why and more now on duramax the it may be small, get it sound is not lost in a large orchestra. on the mandolin dates back to the broke era is railing. musician out of the of utah is one of the world's leading mandolin players. here in berlin, he tells us what he loves about the stringed instrument, and why he wants to restore it to its rightful place. the . 2 the hi, my name is ivy ton. the mandolin is probably one of the most underestimated

instruments in the world, but i think it's wonderful. let me show you why the tommy i'll be told regularly packs out. the concert halls like berlin's pierre bill, as he's renowned as one of the world's best mandolin players. an instrument especially popular with amateur musicians for the mandolin, is this lou wonderful, charming user friendly instruments evolved from either flux string instruments in europe and asia, and sensor it became very popular also throughout the 20 century. as in kind of an after work instrument, the instruments you would play with friends after work or would take with you for a trip. for 2023. germany's federal state counsels for music has named the mandolin instruments of the year originating and the italian broke. today it appears in a variety of sizes and shapes and this hit gave it. it's breakthrough into pop and

rock the this. so this is the operating of our youngest, losing my religion. the sun came out when i was in primary schools. so i think like over night i became this cool kid who can play it our yeah, and song. instead of that, i get that place. you know, the valley in boston, born and raised in southern israel. i'll be, i'll be taught, discovered the mendel in at h 8, a journey of discovery that has never ended in 2010. he became the 1st mandolin player ever to be nominated for a grammy for best, instrumental solo as performance with orchestra. he feels especially drawn to add a patients of classical music such as of all these concerto in a minor, the even though i'm the mentoring pair for that many years professionally. i feel that

it's few holes secret. see me that i need to review. i see it with every new piece that i claim sometimes is really the very 1st directions that is not playable in and manually and, and then you know, i would sit with it for half an hour and figure out a way to play it. and it's like, ok, isn't that a way to play the mentoring? so i have all these discoveries to stay with the instruments for lynn has become ivy, ivy towels 2nd film. he moved to germany's capital in 2009. the berlin is interesting. and it's the just the difference to relation to my career activity and through the way i, i, i play or interpret the mixture of people and of cultures that you encounter here in the are toward the music forward. but not only is asia so and reaching his ideal world is one with a mandolin in every home. obviously talk frequently holds workshops designed to

introduce the instrument to a broader public. ready it's one of the world's easiest instruments to learn. the simplest, the chords are g major and c major g major is you put the 1st finger on a 2nd front of the 2nd screen. and this finger on the 1st frame, on the 3rd from one spring up. and you have a c major. of course, the i'll be happy to, i'll mix appearances, the world over, not only as a musician, but as an ambassador and advocate for a long under appreciated instrument the i am on a mission. to bring that manually, you know, in the front stage, i think partly because it's suffered off of kind of a little bit of

a bad reputation or bad connotations throughout the history of music is a sweet instrument, extremely capable. not in any way under any of the other instruments that they know the in a library, you can borrow and read books. but can books tell us as much as people can in the danish capital. copenhagen, there is something called a human library that invites you to listen and ask questions. here's how it works. i'm a blind thought. i'm a social work, a book. i'm a changed into none by an area but in modified. i'm here in copenhagen in denmark

at the world's 1st over human library. now this is a place where you can come and borrow people instead of books and hear their story . so let's find out which books are available today. the human library was founded in the year 2000 in copenhagen as a safe place to discuss the subjects that otherwise might be uncomfortable, were considered taboo in casual conversation. what is that from that there are 6 books available today, and these are some of the topics that we can discuss now. i'm going to start by borrowing a blind fuck fleming baptist and wasn't born in the line. he gradually lost his eye sight over the years. a story he's not afraid to share. somebody ask me, i have always been blind. well, i could tell a story about who is to pay it blind. and the story about to have the notion of the 1st to you to a news of my life and laid i kid on the total blindness. people don't think

a lot of files to be blind. how profit of magic it's couldn't be. okay. and how does the dog help you that helped me to find the all step to seats? it also helps me to go from a to be in a right temple. because if i only use my white stick to take pelvis, as well as if i use my dog. this is how the library works. visitors come on the weekend and choose from a list of available, so called books. then there introduced to their book and have 30 minutes to sit down and chat with that specific person about their chosen topics. both parties can break up the conversation at any time if they feel uncomfortable. ronnie abigail sound of the human library 23 years ago here in coban taken and now operates and 85 countries worldwide. well, i want to create a safe space where we could explore diversity,

challenge our unconscious bias and basically mean people. we thought we might have something again. so we don't like a we're, we're not socially, you know, certain about. and just really find out what's going on, who are you? now i'm going to borrow a non binary transgender book. all round addresses personal questions about gender as well as body modification, which some people might find intimidating. i've heard from a lot of people that they are a little bit afraid of me. last time i was hearing the reading garden have 3 conversation and all 3 said if i were just to walk past you on the street, i wouldn't be a little bit afraid. one's really and that was like less money. okay. yeah. office fix openly about being born a biological female, but choosing a non binary identity after transitioning the thing, the best thing you can ever experience is talking to somebody you don't really

understand when i sit in front of somebody and we just, i'm on the surface. don't think we have anything in common. that's the most interesting conversation in half. because if you just read a book, you can, you can search the side face of what part of it you want to read and how seriously you want to take it. but when i'm here in front of you and we have, i can check then you see that i'm a nice person. you want to listen to me more than just reading a book. visitors can also seek advice from the books as a social worker and know how to help the people i'm working with the families. i work with maintenance my perspective. i've been myself in the system from when i was born. so i know what the people i am hell, thing thinks about being in the system. visitors reactions are positive iphone. it's really interesting. there are many different books that you can read and learn

. i learned a lot and we don't know their lives. i think it's very important to have these like safe space, so if people can get to each other. and it's also nice because maybe you then have the opportunity to meet people really different from you and like your daily life. and i think it's a problem for him as a project. for me i have experience to really get really deep thawing so. so a topic i would, nobody never touched. so for me to talk with the postman sort of stand, what is going on behind a person's mind, and how could i menu mean that was to show the biggest amount of his picnic to so how does one qualify to become a book? well, i think that's a good book and we can library somebody who really has faced bias and stigma and prejudice. and can help us better understand the group in the community that they represent. the subjects or books to change from week to week to keep readers coming back for more interesting discussion. overall,

i've been very impressed with my experience here at the human library because to tell you the truth, i probably wouldn't have the chance to borrow such books or meet such people in my daily life. and it also reminded me that you can never judge a book by its cover if you're traveling to the u. k. don't just see london. you might be surprised to hear that manchester in northern england was recently included in the list of the world's best travel destinations. for 2023. we wanted to find out if a trip to the former industrial city is really worth it. welcome to manchester, the northern industrial city that's probably most well known for its football, or for the fact that it's because musical legends like oasis and the stone roses. but the cities, industrial heritage means is not exactly famous for its beauty and therefore isn't usually on everyone's travel book and list. however,

it's the only you case that you need to be named one of the places to be in 2023 by both the lonely planet on national geographic. and i'm here today to find that if that's really the case, i'll be checking at some of the places mentioned by lily planet, national geographic as well as so mind communion institutions. so let's get going. i'm starting act with a wonder through the on coats district, which was once the beating heart of the cities industry. my testers, payments for being the 1st industrialized city in the world. it was the case leading producer kaufman tech styles during the industrial revolution nowadays on coats is one of the coolest districts in the city with lots of upcoming restaurant cassie's in bars. manchester is one of your fastest growing cities, but it seemed even more we development than usual since the pon demik there seems to be innovative projects being set up all over the city with big white building over here. it's under construction right now, is we kind of getting closer to what it says to open intern as a major,

our space and cultural hobb. this is east development hasn't just been about new building, creating more green spaces, has been at the heart of the cities, growth mayfield park is mine just as far as our 50 center public park. and it was designed as an urban escape. the you can see that they've really made an effort to preserve manchester's industrial parts in the midst of this huge peaceful, green space. a unique to the city, i guess time for some more culture. sounds on the wall as mine, testers, older slices, music venue. and it just recently reopened again last year after undergoing some major refurbishments. manchester has always had a thriving culture, see,

especially when it comes to music. i me, thing santana, get who to find out more about how the city shapes the music scene here. the why do you think manchester has been such a hot spot for music? it's always be like trying to redefine itself. lots of d r y things happening. i think that's where the music came from. like and also the influence that came into the city. so we've always had quite a big immigration or influx of from the irish and folks back in the days to yeah. to the south asian influx to, to, to make an influx. ok. so there's always been kind of something going on in manchester which influenced the music and i think you can hear it and that full. and i think there for the great music that came out and the great opposite came out of my chest. now i'm heading to my final stuff of the day to matches. so wouldn't

be complete service. and one of the famous craft beer by some of the finest press fear in the world, it is free right here in manchester. so a trip to the marble arch. it seems like the perfect end to my day is welcome to non festival. thank you. so is it here that you guys have here? is it all locally brewed through the date initially start in the cream of where the kitchen is now in system. very, very tiny and it's a positive popularity demand group. we needed to pick pharmacists. so with that right away arch from the corner from the pub 5 hired and going away because the possibilities in manchester ma for i think that was it issues right away. ok. we would have us do it the well i have to say i've been live at least surprised by manchester. it might not be as beautiful as some other cities, but this definitely a vibe and an atmosphere here. so

a lot of other places just don't have and just the alternative scene is what you're saying. manchester is definitely besides the now for a mouth watering tube delicious dishes such as the last rice or my fe or typical of west african cuisine. and rarely found on the menu in europe and restaurants. but in london, a cocoa restaurant. you can now enjoy specialties from west africa underscore may level this may be the most elegant sheila for ice north of africa. on some groove, lots to, to go with it. what's the story behind the or cruising version of this west african testing? normally drill off wouldn't be served in a hind across to ceramic fall like that. and smoking, christie rice, and whatever is just about, sorry, the zip sation of what you know. childhood is you know where you eat that rice and

it's called the time, but then it's like crusty, uncharted smoky is the rest of a cocoa has been typing up the london restaurant seen put some new says 2020 west african classics. fine dining level are introducing western pilots to a new, kind of very well accepted to our approach to the way that we took our food here is again take, you know, forensic classic methodology, classic dishes. and then we refine it. i use uh, you know, from my background the modem sent me aggressive ways of cookies. it just sort of really intensifies. the slave is not seized with us throughout the whole of the, or maybe for found a g. i could call me a cocoa is a dream come through. he grew up in nigeria before coming to london to study and

later getting off his career for his true passion. astronomy and his restaurant is based on the core concept people to come in a few evaluate shabbots to a remote part of i think that is just fine with to keep everyone pretty much and the other people are right down recipes. you're actually getting back to wasting down and taking that heritage. i've done this really tell you the but you know, trying to showcase it in an elegant model. are you uh they gave me husband the head ship at a car coast in september of 2022 to 34 year old, grew up in southern england as the son of nigerian parents. and that's worked in the top rates and missional style restaurants worldwide to maine, my childhood memories, in terms of food, destiny, go back to my mother. i think it's a very cliche thing to say about how united you get inspired from your home cooking and parents cooking, but it's very true. has to long the spouting memories for me,

especially the travels of go back to nigeria visiting the street markets and illegals. foreign markets in london are you, uh, they gave me fine spices that are less familiar in europe like spicy and fishy grains of paradise. all grains of sin named a type of like spice from senegal, a kind of god. it's many ingredients, unavailable in europe, directly from produce the countries a is a bit of a struggle to kind of source, those specialist spices for us the significance to what's happening, food we went very closely with these guys to ensure that we get the, the best quality spices to start as and secondly that these are the specific to the cuisine that with the the biggest of west african cuisine is de la fries. and it takes center stage on a packers menu to fit in spice of the rice with a test source. might have felt it is, i mean scott spotted cities and spices kid. they spend hours concentrating it into

a paste. this can either be took out of a fire in place or cook dinner or even bags. so in the restaurant, hey, we cost this ensure consistency. the rise to set with drill scottish lobster along with the source entering made of terrace. finally, the de la fries smoked to be the face of this restaurant and uh, you know, showcase the city that we did, hey, this is trudy and on. we want to embrace our culture and we want to educate people as a native showcased this wonderful cause. a and we would love to see a coca cola. i'm not the only person that's experienced at all for i see that from my mom. you know, i want the world's finest spices and mommy. these are the 3 basic ingredients and

the refunds with time and know how that, how a coca has managed to find the established feel centric taste of west africa or cuisine level in mountains. got this kind of scary when they say one person's trashes and others treasure and yes, you can make art of just about anything with our sculptures made of trash. stephanie, kick us once, people to question consumerism. when i see this kind of things of cross i'm i always think okay, this is what's going to me less once you monitor, if he's gone not of science, no our plastic trash. and that's why i like to you. it's in my own work because i feel like that's the most of use, stupid thing, lexi to nature researching itself in the world. that's the overriding theme of

stephanie killed guests. what the french artist, phones, plants and creatures out of clay. and let's, and populate. and even overpower trash produced by humans. a wanting to humanity off for sure can help the question. the world. i'm glad we live in. and in a way that is much more visceral then documentary it can be like, usually off work, it's conscious you emotionally. and not to collect truly, and i feel like that is what is most important to know. stephanie co gust studied architecture as a child. she loved making minutes just scope because she's been creating her discarded objects. pieces since 2017 as people loved. and she's got hundreds of

thousands of follows on social media and exhibits in europe, asia, australia and north america. to my work less it's kind of like, i tend to describe it as a post apocalyptic, cheerful, via, you know, like it's really happy. everyone is colorful. everything is chill and you have those colors and move shapes and you just have what's left off you mom and see which unfortunately isn't the beautiful things. it's trash. the little town of fun in southern brittany, this is where the oddest lives and works to the plots that sprout from the tents crevices her inspiration. this unstoppable much of nature, is reflected in her paces. for my work, i really picked an interest in nature and so now when i'm out and about,

i always look out for the tiny sinks that grow out everywhere. and uh yeah, i really love it. so anything that grows really picks my interest to message is express not just in scope, which is but also paintings. whether in small or re large formats, nature is always vibrant and ramping and even color noises. books. the classic cultural assets, the, the basic idea books is that it's a bit like the trash. so the book is just a representation of know which and what we know and about everything that requirements we doing to the environments. and yet, despite our knowledge, we do nothing. as for the trash,

it keeps piling up. stephanie co guest now receive some of her garbage from friends discounted items on the basis for new inspiration, the and that's all from your romance this week. be sure to follow us on social media for more from the world of culture and lifestyle. thanks for tuning in and join us again. next time the or the

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