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

The King's Speech is book-ended by two speeches. The first is a disaster, a deeply humiliating experience for Prince Albert, Duke of York…

There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…

This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.

Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…

A historical argument for linking the growth of freedom with the development of Christianity.