Sustainable shopping: here's how to find coffee that doesn't cost the Earth
May 05, 2017 01:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Shopping can be confusing at the best of times, and trying to find environmentally friendly options makes it even more difficult. Welcome to the first instalment of our Sustainable Shopping series, in which we ask experts...
How Star Wars kick-started modern toy collecting
May 04, 2017 12:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Entertainment
On 25 May, 1977 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opened in movie theatres across America. The now iconic science fiction film has lasted the test of time, spawning two sequels Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and...
How universities can earn trust and share power in the bitter post-truth era
May 04, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
James Baldwin, the author, playwright and social critic, whose life is depicted in the remarkable 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro, once said: It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most...
Action on problem gambling online is a good first step, but no silver bullet
May 01, 2017 13:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Reactions to new measures designed to tackle problem gambling online have so far been mixed. The federal human services minister, Alan Tudge, said he was hopeful that in combination [they] will have a profound impact. But...
Fighting the common fate of humans: to better life and beat death
May 01, 2017 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
This piece is republished with permission from Millenials Strike Back, the 56th edition of Griffith Review. Selected pieces consist of extracts, or long reads in which Generation Y writers address the issues that define...
From Bananarama to Boyzone, here's why so many bands are making a comeback
Apr 30, 2017 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Life
The announcement that 1980s pop trio Banarama are to reform is the just the latest in a long line of recent comebacks. From Boyzone to Wet Wet Wet, Take That to Jamiroquai, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stone Roses, The...
Is death penalty anti-Christian?
Apr 28, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
On Monday, April 25, two people convicted for murder were executed by lethal injections in Lincoln County, Arkansas. A few days prior to their execution another Arkansan convict was put to death. One more convict remains...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight