‘Smoking is a complex issue . . . Pregnancy does not automatically mean that a woman is driven to stop smoking.’

‘I wanted to find out if [technology was] changing the way we ‘do family’.’

‘Planning policy neglects the importance street patterns play as an essential element of urban form.’

‘It’s quite a recent thing to believe having a doctor at our deathbed administering lots of drugs is a ‘good death’.’

‘Playing and participating in music has enormous benefits . . . Nobody should be excluded from that’

‘The media . . . relied on the assumption that secularity is inherently democratic and religion is violent’

Words by Jack Banister

‘We need to improve our ecosystems’ ability to bounce back from fires’

‘It’s a hard slog putting a long-term viewpoint in a society that thinks ‘what’s the short-term gain’ in learning Chinese?’

‘When zoos take the high moral ground and become as ethical as they possibly can, it is good for business’

‘My theory not only explains Darwin’s symptoms, but his family’s as well’

Interview by Bess Maria Zewdie

‘My research demonstrates that, in some cases, children who start to stutter can have advanced language skills when compared to children who do not stutter’

Interview by Jack Kilbride

‘Often in these cases there is no doubt about love, but rather the abilities of a parent to provide for a child’

Interview by Liam Clark

‘It was not just about the singing. It was about their journey and the changes in them as they came and left the singing arena’

Interview by Tejasvi Hari Krishna