According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

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:…

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a very unusual sort of criminal. Along with the pragmatic Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he is paid to…

‘You can live your life without limitations and become anyone you want to be.’ Disease and injury, ageing and ugliness, death…

Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

A review of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek film.

Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…

Cricket is the new football, or so they say. This year’s [2005] Ashes Test Series between England and Australia has defined the…

A helpful talk for understanding transgender issues and thinking about how to respond to a transgender person.