We have a deep and undeniable relationship with nature - from the fact that our bodies naturally wake up when they see sunlight, to our tendency and need to live beside water, to the spooky fact that the menstrual cycle is the same length as the lunar month
To say some of the remarks shared by users on The Independent's Facebook post about Jo Cox are unsympathetic isn't the half of it. So should we close that window altogether?
'He was not what an assassin should be. He first told me the story of how he killed Mehmet Talaat Pasha when I was 10'
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I like the idea of opting in to a positive, forward-looking community that takes – and has taken – serious steps to affect climate change, animal welfare, employment rights and humanitarian responses to global conflicts
From backing TTIP to watering down rules that would restrain gambling on basic foods, far from representing the British people in Brussels, the government acts as mouthpiece for the City
Project Fear's warnings about Brexit have been under-cooked. The financial markets are signalling a fall-off in investment in the UK and in British companies, if we leave the EU. This would feed into every crevice of the economy
Pragmatism in aid of principle is itself a principle worth upholding
Sanders supporters see him as a messianic figure that will deliver them from compromises with mainstream politicians, bankers and corporations. But compromise is exactly how social democracy came about in Europe
How do we protect young children from the exact mistakes many of us made ourselves? The tendency must be to become so worried about our hypocrisy being exposed that we don't say anything at all
I took my own porridge to Paris and brought running shoes for what was meant to be a laid-back weekend break in Tenby. Now self-proclaimed 'wellness experts' are suggesting you should bring your own quinoa salad for the plane
By standing up to the Taliban, I was putting my family's life in danger to protect British citizens. When the team of soldiers I worked with left Basra, I was sent back to my family village on leave, but the Taliban came looking for me
If your house caught fire and you were hanging out of the window screaming for the emergency services, you wouldn't welcome a rescuer armed with matches and a can of petrol
In the first of a three-part report on the practical implications of a vote to leave the European Union, our Chief Political Commentator looks at what might happen in the next two years
You can spot them easily in the movies — the couple that's so clearly meant for each other. But in real life, it can be harder to detect a perfect match.
David Cameron's referendum was supposed to settle the EU issue for a generation. It would be ironic if it recreated the mayhem of the Major years
"Are you sophisticated, cultured cosmopolitan, or an uneducated pleb?" is implicit in much of the discourse
A contracted economy, inadequate banking systems, engorged public sector and festering corruption mean that Italy is facing a troubled future
If you were in your 'reminiscence bump' before the UK joined the EU in 1973 you are at risk of remembering these times more fondly and in more detail than they actually were
Graphic designer Peter Chadwick's new book is a love song to the beauty of concrete. Kashmira Gander looks at the social issues underlying the rehabilitated aesthetics
Give little ones a pair of cans that sound great and keep ears safe
I believe we're big enough and good enough to govern our own country. If we Remain, we'll get swept up into a United States of Europe