a spanish artist paints huge murals of grandmothers as superheroes. and why a german collector lets his valuable classic cars rot in the woods. we start with you and ask our man who is one of the most in demand tennis in the world today the german singer is renowned for his extraordinary technique and charismatic performances and operas like common tosca and aida throughout his career is one countless prizes including being crowned as the singer of the year at the international opera awards now he's found time to record his favorite christmas carols festive music for the christmas season and beyond. learned quite. sure. this christmas carol is at least 200 years old jonas kaufmann performs it in the silent night chapel in open door and yes thoughts grow austria the german star tenor is presenting his 1st christmas album here he is fulfilling a longstanding wish for himself and his fans keep dancing the treatment shouldn't find its need there's an incredible number of beautiful christmas carols and in our culture there's a huge spectrum there are all the old classic carols and ones from all over the world which my father play for us all the time. present but we. call fun selected 40 christmas songs for his album including his personal favorite plus alpine tragic and christmas hits from around the world. the busy tenor enjoys the quiet of the christmas holiday. he's a target and christmas is a sacred time for a night during this time of year i just want to be with my family and especially my children as much as possible i've always blocked the time in red in my counter just before christmas we're all saying it's no longer working it's. usually the opera star schedule is full on has been performing on the world's top stages for almost 20 years german and french operas are as much a part of his repertoire as italian wines. but this year everything. is different due to the coronavirus pandemic he's hardly had any performances and no live audience it's been a difficult time for the singer. each one is going to be so in coots that site on just to get into character in a very short time testament to their emotional world and they have to learn to step out of that role without the applause of the audience will help me break the tension when it does this to stand up close despite knowing just. the christmas concert is also missing a live audience nevertheless kaufman's emotions don't fall short when singing festive songs christmas memories from his own childhood come back to the 51 year old tenor toughman grew up in munich together with his older sister on holidays he was often allowed to play santas helper. christmas this year like so many other things is different than what we're used to but you want to scoff when doesn't see all the pandemic related restrictions as negatives. it was the opposing team has no tradition of on an image tie it as a kind of game something positive over this period of time i probably wouldn't have allowed myself to take off so much time for my career and just be with my family for so many months so this was good for me and hopefully it's been good for every line. does have music to sort of understand on the. jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh look nevertheless if you want us kaufman could have it his way next year can be a lot less quiet all the way oh what fun it is to write a war is over. now the festive season always reminds me of my grandmothers who lived through extremely challenging times and were true superheroes you're safe. shares that sentiment the spider street artist creates gigantic portraits of. all super grannies painting them in her robotic style on building facades his murals are all based on real women just like these 2 it's about fields that grandmothers work incredibly hard and his artwork on is that he's often contacted by grandchildren who want to celebrate their grandmother's lives we met the artist and his latest news. they have super powers are carried by the wind like mary poppins or a juggler with a large heavy pumpkins grandma superheroes. these murals on the work of spanish artist shows about your odds of fear based on real grandmas from the countryside in his artwork joseph combines fantasy and reality one of them about so now that. i'm fascinated by these women by their extraordinary strength and their ability to bring can keep together family i also have a personal relationship with each of them i get to know them before and during the pain with process and about every new subject i get to learn about another person's life it's fascinating thing the no ask me this. but if i see. ross about. m.p. as his artist's name goes grandma's from his native. north question spink these women had to work hard to provide for their families. and i look at me and i'm inspired by telling stories and that's also what i want to do both an artist and a narrator at the same time. is about alonzo because one of his news is she does a little deletion town of aaron and is the protagonist of his latest art project. hello what are you doing up there. oh my god. it's very i really like it a lot. i'm better looking in the mural than in real life is really the. this a balance it all began from work at an early age when she was 15 a mother tie the she had to take her 5 siblings she worked in the fields all her life. yeah i was always been doing something like that when you're working in the fields you still need to keep an eye on household chores if only there had been a gas heater or washing machine but they didn't exist back then. because a bell console is the 16th grandmother to have been painted by joseph m.p. he created his 1st large scale superhero grandma back in 2016 this near the town of junior shows potter we have explored lola and in a bio is a strong performer. as photos of these miracles travel the world to the king it is a ration for younger generations who started sharing photos of themselves on social media just up as the grandmas. going right. back in there and you'll see in piece murals can reach up to 15 metres in height and take about 6 weeks to complete before he starts working on a new project the 1st is to know the grandma and her family. were remembered if you know what i think these minerals are one of them because they give recognition to all these women who have worked so hard their entire lives on the to this day and they haven't really been that malice you know yes we're going to run out of and now that i'm all of this the whole family is just so proud where you had me. calling after having met the protagonist of a painting several times you know he was about m.p. source by doing a photo shoot she's grandma's equipped with a superpower that matches her life story and they were all painted in comic stop. and it out the on the generation born in the seventy's and eighty's let me grew up with science fiction and comics you know a lot so it's really fun times elements from the us for house and combining with the grandmas this. even young children can immediately spot what superpower and grandma possesses but i'm out of gaza this will butterball that know. more and more towns his me as a jew is about to come again one of his large scale mirrors they are the superhero grandmamma's. from super grannies we move on to sue put cause the multimillionaire michelle fairley is absolutely crazy about cars as a fashion designer he made enough money to begin collecting them and eventually quit his job to focus on his passion for vehicles full time enjoyed success as a racing driver and then began redesigning because you now boasts a collection of $250.00 unique constructions we paid him a visit at his car sculpture park near the sold off. he builds electric sports cars. leads expensive classic cars to rot in the forest. and drives a steel dragon car. blue dish is a classic car dealer car designer born event and collector with a passion for extraordinary vehicle. the seat this looks like a car could be as ours but it isn't a car in the traditional sense this is a work of art that this car could also be called a work of art the electros is one of the world's fastest electric race cars and was designed by fluke this goodness is going to go full speed if you like a chicken behind in other words the drug that was just after. the city accelerates to 102.4 seconds which is astronomical because of it the i. think his fantastic vehicles can be found in his classic car engine see a met run near dusseldorf this is where his classic cars are collected restored and sold. in movie it's always so much fun to look at my treasures the jaguar x k $140.00 the cobras the mustang fastback and my gosh here's the stingaree it's my vision i love the longer this is where i feel the happiest at home this is the way they should be chances are sometimes i feel like no or from the my creating a noise harvested by which i mean i want an awesome example of all types of cars was and so i can say the whole spectrum of green cars ever made it out of school gave me. in sicily he tracked down this hearse that a mafia boss had made for his funeral. he got a dragon card from 2 ukrainian artists who built it from an old model. and the peele the smallest car in the world the serial production also found a home with. the flu dish built this vehicle himself it demonstrates what a classic car from a 915 should look like according to his take to. the ship i feel like a work of art with myself who is capable of your lot because she's a great deal and inspired to see clearly expressed professional success had nothing to do with cars he made his fortune in the 1980 s. as a fashion designer in experience that helped him design his electric race car about a decade ago. that's more to do as i mustered up designing cars the same method as when i was a fashion designer making collections for the fashion shows in trade fairs so 1st off i scarce designs the electress is a fast car so it should have a rather evil groomed look like a will or a shark. in 2000 flew nish caused a stir with his car cemetery located in woodland on his private estate near distant door clinician displayed 50 classic cars it was an extravagant 50th birthday gift to himself. all models are from 1950 the year he was born now they're rusting away. india's autos if these cars are property are storage and they'd be worth a fortune this rolls royce it was used for formal occasions by the queen but it is from buckingham palace but there are lots of fancy old cars and snazzy perceives everywhere that is it's more interesting to see how they transfer the only when the no longer use and how nature turns them into a natural work box shop but it's an unusual art installation with a clear message. on the everything's ephemeral and so a chorus and even if they were great race cars. the cobra is a legend. a british classic car from the 960. cleavages manufactures a small line of this car equipped with modern technology. he uses cars to turn traditions upside down people leave conventions are meant to be broken. all 'd the everything's affected by it when a transformation i want to traders out there was going to transform myself as well as influence the culture of automobiles to my bid and as a result you created something that didn't exist before. that you get the shots of us for initially gave not. need. crazy ideas keep adding a spark to the world of automobiles. if you want to love it or hate it some people think it reeks others can't get enough of the smell you may have guessed it i'm talking about cheese there are thousands of varieties the world over but no country is as famous for as france they're known particularly for maturing and aging cheeses and being a metaphor you know amongst the cheese mature is an actual profession that now is among the best in the business we met him in view for that to find out more about this cullen area. is it just cheese maturity probably is an art that i'm not a honey has message perfection is jesus loved by go mace worldwide. we think of both a new this important that is not too salty or 2 distinct these are qualities that raw milk and cheese have given their lives to it with you. are not hunting he and his son john francoise or cheese often hawes the ace cheese and refined its flavor. is or is the 1st to goodness she's a something to enjoy like life and life is beautiful when you have friends and when you know how to enjoy yourself even. from his she stored in the bill for it a small town of the french alsace region enough supplies michelin star restaurants worldwide and. in his sixty's storage rooms there are around $100.00 different types of raw milk cheeses some take years to mature. we think it's people the most important other producers the cows the goats the sheep and also the people who make the cheese of course of these that's the basis of very good cheese and then of course good rightness and matures here until it's reached perfection for the east in many religious form is a one hour drive from the 0 fret for john francoise and his father it isn't what you have a good relationship with her more than 60 producers after all the way the animals are kept influences the taste of the cheese from a good mill to make high quality so the goat's nutrition is very important you have to pay attention to what you feed them and when and how much but because the goats graze on different plants in the pasture when we process the milk in the dairy we have to take this into consideration coveted. wallace emily moment you're suggesting is the goat cheese pick does us just fine as well antony checks the quality. and then these agave of you you 1st well this cheese you know this is light elegant acidity but a very pleasant center and you also have an early aroma another and i. thought with their music an old thing. before this cheese goes on sale it has to age for 2 weeks on the wooden boards for the cheese store which the temperature doing the writing process is also a crucial. job runs for antony also checks for cracks in the cheese wills they would cost cheese to ripen too quickly as the taste brushing the cheese regularly with salt and water ensures the right level of moisture this is the kind is not the radical you have to sense it so you look at the cheese when you feel what you should or shouldn't do. and do you can already see the delft like this growing year a swiss hard cheese is already 2 years old. it has an elegant home at the beginning with a dash of acidity afterwards comes the song crust of the crystal is a ship at the very end a nicely flavor through music and often. before many people especially cheeses are called merry highlight to create a perfect cheese platter often a variety of 5 cheeses is enough. here's a counter a column in a master of course goes cheese and she cheese you usually have to have these whenever you make a variety platter. or not antony doesn't have a favorite cheese by the way he says he can design he's been known as a cheese often up for more than 35 years the star she has like low rent to be on his taste and knowledge but what is it that special about his cheese. city formers answer unless she's isn't always the most beautiful for the survey try you're for the buffet but for me it's the cheese with the strongest emotional impact and with the best taste. she says more than just food in france it's a cultural asset that represents the french way of life. if that's what your appetite go to our you tube channel d.w. food and check out our new series cook it like a german where you can find out how to prepare delicious german dishes. interested in german cuisine then this is the show for you. and i had to cook it like a german cook for the sistine present some of jimmy's finest dishes to foodies from around the world. need. first time. traditional german fare prepared and easy to follow steps from the same free to the sweet we've got it all. cooking like a german. food. thanks to take talk dance challenges seem to be ever present but one has really hit the heights this year going viral across platforms and continents jerusalem was the south african hit song by master k.g. but it really took off this year when a group of young goldens decided to dance to it in their lunch break it goes something like this. let's see how it made its way across the world. jerusalem in 20 to 20000 people the world over advance of this song like these students and doctors and care workers in dusseldorf. this flash mob the airport staff in riga or even priests and nuns in italy. this video from an i'm told i was one of the 1st after the dance group had uploaded the video on line the song quickly went viral and the global dance challenge was. from the moment he 1st saw the video friend 1st base choreographer and dance coach and yes i was hooked his explanation for this jerusalem a phenomenon which is ongoing and some of the especially about this song is that it's deeply spiritual people feel courageous and especially in times of the pandemic the figures that the energy is trying to see if i'm going to leave my worries aside i'll give or take some time for myself to quote for others colleagues cleaning staff it doesn't matter we're all one and we're all united on this one. might be the most famous dance challenge this year but it's definitely not the only one on chick and other social media platforms many people are discovering the joys of dancing during lockdown across the world numerous torrealba fees have gone viral dances to the song blinding lights by the weekend are among the most successful. people around the world also dance to you let's do it again by j. boog in 2020. as the year draws to an end here comes santa by snoop dog and anna kendrick is very popular to collect on your let's listen in on the secrets of a successful choreography to jerusalem. and you probably of the formula that i've discovered it is not a straight. forward. 6 times $46.00 time 4 steps that's easy i'm going to watch you 341234 you do the changeover step you don't come to breakfast but. just think this is what it looks like when people fully immerse themselves in a spirit of community in times of in europe and across the globe. he met me to the message of the song is clear we can only do it together and especially on these uncertain and difficult times but also when you're happy we need to stick together and it's just so much more fun you get together without them seeing it come out of their skin color because legend to say that is what it is you've achieved cannot achieve my life with me it's about us all coming together for me with very simple meaning is the move together emotion comes from motion emotion. that is precisely what thousands experience a feeling of joy and lightheartedness and above all a sense of community in this very unusual year. that's all from us for today and for this time yeah we wish you all a 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