Steven Freeland outlines the case for new international laws to deal with crimes against the environment during war.

Steven Freeland outlines the case for new international laws to deal with crimes against the environment during war.

A continuing series of terror attacks in Paris has left the French society fragmented. Historian Patrick Weil sees the lack of cultural as well as civic integration as a fundamental problem in today’s France.

What does nature mean to each of us?  Why is nature so pure?  And how do we reconnect with the natural world in an age where our lives are connected to technology?

How conflicted is our relationship with nature? Does it vary from a romantic, pristine and beautiful form, to an urge to tame it, to contain it and to control it?

Susan Wolf counters the criticisms and fends off the antipathy directed towards the foodie.

While we’re good at talking about the beginning of life, we feel pretty awkward when it comes to facing the end. Join three death experts to look at death and dying.

Where to now for indigenous constitutional recognition.

We live in a multicultural society so why don't we see it reflected more often in popular culture?

Comedy has evolved into many shapes and voices – and different tastes. So what characterises comedy? And what role does comedy have in art and society?