The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.

Thirty years ago, two Hungarian educators, László and Klara Polgár, decided to challenge the popular assumption that women don’t succeed in areas requiring spatial thinking, such as chess. They wanted ...

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic, Hieroglyphs and ancient Greek. The broken top and bottom edges suggest it was part of ...

This is a closed book exam, which means you will not be allowed to have a copy of the novel with you. It is a good idea to spend a few minutes planning your answer before you start writing. You should ...