But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.

By all measures men are the more violent gender.

One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against the gorgeous backdrops of that vast land.

Some people have vivid imagination, some not so vivid, but everybody has vivid dreams.

Art is one of the prime ways we have of opening ourselves and going beyond ourselves. That's what art is: it's the product of the human being in the world and imagination, all coming together.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.