Why does crime fiction fascinate so many people? What might this show us about people's concerns today.

What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?

I write a weekly column for The Dallas Morning News as a contributor to their Texas Faith blog. This week we were asked, "What would Jesus…

A review of the film Lincoln.

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David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

The colour red suffuses We Need to Talk About Kevin. Red paint is smeared across walls and car window screens, red jam oozes out of…