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Films with diverse casts are proving more popular at the box office, finds a study by the Creative Artists Agency

Most people in the world speak more than one language, suggesting the human brain has evolved to work in multiple tongues. If so, asks Gaia Vince, are those who speak only one language missing out?

With half of the world’s languages expected to vanish by the end of the century, the race is on to document them. We meet those working to save the world’s endangered tongues, treasure troves of [...]

As our latest cover feature explores, some 7,000 languages are spoken around the world. In celebration of this rich diversity, we’ve collected 10 of our favourite inspiring words

British culture has long been associated with hedonism, and alcohol-fuelled takeovers of our towns after dark are nothing new. But on the same streets, a quiet movement is building towards a [...]

Eleanor Ross discovers there is far more to the Canadian Arctic than conventionally thought or reported

As globalisation forces change among remote communities in the Arctic, a circus and a festival are helping people cope with despair and suicide – and keeping indigenous arts alive at the same time

With half of Europe’s remaining virgin forest, Romania holds a state of wilderness that has been lost in much of the continent. Sam Sutaria cycles across the country and asks what it could teach [...]

Why would human evolution have given us music? New research says the answer may lie in our drive to connect with others

A bottom-up approach to biodiversity that takes into account the values of local people is helping to protect hundreds of plant and animal species in Ethiopia

How can so-called ‘culture shock’ remould the way we treat other people and the planet? Aaron Millar explains

A pioneering new enterprise aims to change the way young people view classical music

Amy Smith rounds up the best art exhibitions to see this season

With Ireland in first place, a new index has been created to measure the good that countries do for the rest of the world. Ben Whitford meets its founder, Simon Anholt, and finds out how it could [...]

At a festival that's about more than the music, ultimately it was London Grammar's epic minimalist anthems and Jessie Ware's powerful vocals that stole the show

Set in a picturesque estate of ancient woodland, spring-fed lakes and rolling meadows in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, Wilderness is a music festival that aims to make the most of its [...]

Amy Smith rounds up some of the country's most intriguing exhibitions to visit this autumn

Festival-goers at this year's Womad will have the chance to delve deeper into sound with a new stage exploring audio intricacies

Taking charge of our life stories brings more joy than amassing the tick-box list of items commonly associated with happiness, says Chris Johnstone

Amy Smith rounds up four of this season’s off-the-wall exhibitions for leftfield art lovers