Why aren't we making greater progress in improving educational outcomes?

Filmmaker Bob Connolly left the PNG Highlands 25 years ago with his life in danger. Last year he returned for the first time after receiving an email from his translator's son. Inspired by hope, his return to an area he knows so well ended in despair.

Van Cliburn: the pianist at the heart of the cold war. The art of the Scott sisters.

The young Texan who became a classical music star and cultural diplomat at the height of the cold war.

Helena and Harriett Scott were pioneers in scientific observation and illustration in colonial Australia.

A Foreign Affair.

A monthly panel deciphering important developments in international relations and their significance to Australia and the world.

The pervasive nature of self-censorship in China and rootedness, why do people care where they come from?

An outsider's account of working inside China's censorship regime.

Connections to our human past, families and homes are often described through the metaphor of the root.

Christy Wampole traces the root metaphor through history, nationalist rhetoric, politics and literature.