The silo effect: when the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and why it's a problem for big organisations.

Gillian Tett explains how big organisations can help their workforce see the bigger picture.

Can art, culture and innovation shape future urban development? More and more people think this is achievable. But how do you plan and build a genuinely creative community? Cities around the world are seeking to create cultural precincts and neighbourhoods: places that attract young creatives, artists, designers, and high tech start ups. Do these dynamic districts need to evolve organically, or can you engineer them without them feeling contrived and clinical?

We don’t condemn something because it is a crime. But it is a crime because we condemn it.

Punishment is the common response to crime. But what is punishment? And what really motivates our will to punish?

Music can hold up a mirror to society and capture a particular time and place. Songs are often a vehicle for telling stories. But can a song really be an agent for social or political change? Writing protest songs, or songs with an overtly political message, isn’t easy. While the message may be a vital one, this is no guarantee the song will, necessarily, be any good. A song like Billie Holiday’s 'Strange Fruit', however, retains its power after almost 80 years. What's the secret? Paul Barclay talks to two songwriters and a music writer. Recorded at the Rock and Roll Writers Festival in Brisbane on April 2nd, 2016.

Forgiving can sometimes look like an impossible task. How do you forgive murder, rape, genocide? After the end of apartheid in South Africa, many expected the country to be devastated by a bloodbath. Yet, the new nation chose the path of confession and reconciliation. Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth says that it’s possible to forgive and still pursue justice. Forgiveness is the only path forward.

Far from being exhausted, classical scholar Mary Beard explains why the subject of ancient Rome continues to surprise and resonate.

Far from being exhausted, classical scholar Mary Beard explains why the subject of ancient Rome continues to surprise and resonate.

Chronicler of modern Russia, Masha Gessen, and award-winning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore look at the histories and dynasties that continue to define Russia today.