Good Old Days
What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?
Surprised by Oxford: best book I read in a year
A review of Carolyn Weber's account of finding God at Oxford.
The Great Gatsby
A review of the film The Great Gatsby.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
A review of the film The Odd Life of Timothy Green.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…
Margaret Atwood - Life Without Certainty
Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…
The Hunger Games
According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…
Sherlock Holmes
A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: a discussion guide
The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…