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Stressed about a date or an interview? Video games may offer a surprising salve
Video by the University of California
James Earl Jones reads Kurt Vonnegut on why art is central to a meaningful life
Video by Letters Live
Bad art, good laughs – a street portraitist’s lacklustre work animates a city
Directed by Rosie Baldwin
Emma navigates the vast Atlantic and her own mind in this captivating travelogue
Directed by Mattias Olsson
We’re naturally bad at predicting what will make us happy. Here’s how to adjust
Video by The Well
A kaleidoscope? A milestone? Beyond description? Women put orgasms into words
Directed by Bronwen Parker-Rhodes
From cave art to subatomic sketches – how drawing has accelerated human progress
Video by MIT Quest for Intelligence
A woman must break apart to make herself whole in this surreal, stunning animation
Directed by Chu-Chieh Lee
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James Earl Jones reads Kurt Vonnegut on why art is central to a meaningful life
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The (surprisingly new) science of aphantasia – the inability to ‘see’ mental imagery
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Embrace conflict, reject authority – William Blake’s radical vision of a meaningful life
Video by Great Books Explained
We’re naturally bad at predicting what will make us happy. Here’s how to adjust
Video by The Well
There’s a nourishing calm in quietly wandering, far from goals and distractions
Directed by Mykhailo Bogdanov
A woman must break apart to make herself whole in this surreal, stunning animation
Directed by Chu-Chieh Lee
A former office worker charts his own path, herding sheep high into the Pyrenees
Directed by Jake Joynson
Two lives drift apart and come together in a love story told one brush stroke at a time
Directed by Ian Bruce
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View allJames Earl Jones reads Kurt Vonnegut on why art is central to a meaningful life
Video by Letters Live
The (surprisingly new) science of aphantasia – the inability to ‘see’ mental imagery
Video by Quanta Magazine
Embrace conflict, reject authority – William Blake’s radical vision of a meaningful life
Video by Great Books Explained
Embrace conflict, reject authority – William Blake’s radical vision of a meaningful life
Video by Great Books Explained
Two lives drift apart and come together in a love story told one brush stroke at a time
Directed by Ian Bruce
Our world’s complex issues can’t be solved by lone heroes. Our stories should reflect that
Video by Psyche
Steven has a rare insight into faces – because he cannot recognise them
Directed by Steven Fraser
Cults needn’t fit stereotypes to be dangerous. Here’s how to identify a controlling social group
Video by BBC Ideas
Why the mental health awareness movement needs more precision and fewer vibes
Video by the Royal Institution
In an elegy for his childhood home, a filmmaker constructs a lyrical collage of memory
Directed by Damian Gascoigne
There’s joy in doing a job right. Just ask this artisanal pencil-sharpener
Directed by Kenneth Price
There’s a nourishing calm in quietly wandering, far from goals and distractions
Directed by Mykhailo Bogdanov
High in the Alps, Kathleen takes extraordinary steps to keep a pet safe through the winter
Directed by G Anthony Svatek
Frøydis faces an impossible problem – how to grieve a father she hated and loved
Directed by Frøydis Fossli Moe
The (surprisingly new) science of aphantasia – the inability to ‘see’ mental imagery
Video by Quanta Magazine
A former office worker charts his own path, herding sheep high into the Pyrenees
Directed by Jake Joynson
To become more attuned to the world around you, try sketching outdoors
Video by The Museum of Modern Art
A dancing NBA superfan on the joy of spaces that let us go wild and get weird
Directed by Mickey Duzyj