I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday ...

A hero or a murderer? Stalin’s legacy is still a contentious issue in his birthplace, seven decades after his death ...

With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation ...

Can colour be understood geometrically? If so, what’s the best way to map it out, capturing the variables of hue, brightness and saturation? These questions have deep implications for art, physics and ...

In this layered portrait, an artist reflects on the complex reality of living with the distressing voice in her head ...

Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides ...

Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world ...

Life is often experienced as a demanding, ongoing story. But with a little practice, a new space opens for peaceful presence ...

Many hope that AI will discover ethical truths. But as Gödel shows, deciding what is right will always be our burden ...

Ascend steep cliffs to discover Ethiopia’s ancient churches carved into rock, still serving as places of worship today ...