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Smiling is one of the fundamental ways people communicate, so what happens if your face can’t do it?

“Home isn't a place... It's a feeling” wrote Irish novelist Cecilia Ahern. As homeownership becomes a distant dream to many, and Brexit beckons – stoking a national identity crisis in the UK – [...]

The pieces, some of which have never been heard before, will be performed in Jerusalem this month

Although the world may benefit from more positive film-making, films that expose problems have a valuable place too. Here are three documentaries that changed the world (...and one t

Millions of people worldwide are turned off by the excessive violence, doom and negativity on TV and in films. It’s time that film-makers shone a light on the best of humanity, writes Stephen Mulhearn

A grassroots movement is bringing people together via a shared love of food, from refugees to socially isolated older people. Sonia Zhuravlyova meets those who are breaking bread, and building bonds

A touring exhibition, Museum Without A Home, tells the stories behind items people have donated to refugees and migrants

Anne Berit Anti's designs are inspired by the remote Norwegian landscape. Through fashion, she also aims to raise awareness of her people: the indigenous Sami

From the #FolkloreThursday Twitter hashtag that became a global event, to a new effort to map the UK’s folktales, stories of legends and traditions are being rebooted for the 21st century

From Morocco to Miami, intriguing stories lie behind some of the most colourful cities in the world. We go where grey is not an option

‘Tawai ’ is the word the indigenous hunter-gatherers of Borneo use to describe their connection with nature. It’s also a new film about human potential by explorer Bruce Parry. He talks about [...]

From how we grow our food, to how we look after older people, the crowdfunding community is reimagining the world we want to live in – and raising the money to make it happen. Having ripped up [...]

It’s half a century since the summer of love changed San Francisco forever. Today, big tech has moved in, while artists have moved out in search of cheaper cities. James Stewart visited to take [...]

Aaron Millar talks to some of the summer of love’s big characters about the 60s utopian dream and why it matters in current political times

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