Culture

Book review: The Narrative Brain

Stories shape our world. A cognitive scientist explains how to understand our narrative brain and regain some agency

Country music has long shed its Bible-bashing image. Today, bluegrass is helping to heal America’s deep divides

Julian Barnes reminds us to keep asking ourselves: What if I'm wrong?

A new film celebrates grandmothers’ cooking. Why do these dishes have such unique power to comfort us?

From millennials to Mary Trump, feminists across the ages are learning from each other

The new Superman movie offers the vision of a kinder, more tolerant United States. But should we really pin our hopes on a superhero?

People often make assumptions about my dad. Being from a country that’s misrepresented has given me a lifelong radar for nuance

We talk to the veteran human rights campaigner about free speech and Palestine Action

Greg Graffin, evolutionary biologist and lead singer of pioneering US band Bad Religion, talks music and rebellion

A one-of-a-kind book by a one-of-a-kind writer