The world's only consulting detective steps into the 21st Century in the BBC series Sherlock. Benedict Cumberbatch portrays the titular…

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

A review of the book God Explained in a Taxi Ride.

Why the growing popularity of Jane Austen? Is it accidental, a typical postmodern temporary fad, or is there some deeper reason for the…