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Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

Why does the desire to be young again continually re-appear in contemporary culture? What is a Christian response?

What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?

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A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.

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“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…