If you’ve ever been in the audience for a TV programme, you’ll be aware of how much effort is required from you. Before the recording even starts, you’re made to whoop, cheer and laugh so they can ...

Quote of the day by Muhammad Ali: Muhammad Ali, a global icon beyond boxing, rose from Cassius Clay to heavyweight champion, ...

“Silence is golden, but my eyes still see.” —The Tremeloes “Distance doesn’t separate people . . . Silence does.” —Jeff Hood Silence is often considered a virtue. Should we also encourage silence in ...

To some, silence is now seen as a vice, not a virtue. There’s a new slogan: instead of “silence is golden,” “silence is violence.” Respectful listening is being replaced by harmful rhetoric. I wonder, ...

Silence is underrated in modern cinema, but not by the great Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa. In his short horror film, “Chime,” which is infuriatingly difficult to see in America, people are ...