Hollywood has never been known for its strict adherence to science. In most blockbusters the laws of physics are treated more like polite suggestions than hard rules. Need I mention “Armageddon”? I ...

Colombian sound artist's new 'A Danger to Ourselves' limns the miracle of love, with help from a New Wave legend.

Submission to Sharia should have no place in British society. It is a wrecking ball at the heart of our civilisation – and no amount of world play or wishful thinking can deny that. The Ramsay ...

In a telling shift in political messaging, the BJP’s Brigade Parade Ground rally here on Saturday showcased an unusual fusion of Hindutva and Bengali cultural identity, signalling the party’s attempt ...

Tamil Nadu is the graveyard of national political parties. It buried the Congress at its peak then in 1967. The BJP, also at ...

The International Day to Combat Islamophobia, observed each year on 15 March, should no longer be treated as a ritual [...]Read ...

The FlySilicon Valley startup Eon Systems claims to have successfully uploaded the mind of a fly and placed it inside a simulated environment. The uploaded mind can control a digital body and respond ...

I’ve never read a book more conscious of its writtenness than “Long Division” by Kiese Laymon.

In the landscape of modern Indian poetry, few works cut as deeply as Kedarnath Singh’s “Hindi in JNU.” The poem, written by the Jnanpith Award-winning poet who passed away in 2018, is not merely a ...

The soft, rhythmic hum of a laptop fan in the middle of the night is a sound that defines the modern search for belonging. In the quiet of a ...

From Dungeon Crawler Carl to Crime and Punishment, these picks by The National's staff prove spoken word can be more ...

To study a language is to study its people, and their connection to others, to animals and to nature. “Maintaining a language isn’t just maintaining a form of communication, it’s maintaining a group ...