How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…

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

A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.

Big Mike walks as though every step is an effort. Head and shoulders taller and a good few inches broader than everyone he passes, dressed…

How do we know who or what to trust? This is one of the key questions of the world we live in today. So many claims compete for our trust:…

Bill Maher, a well-known American comedian, satirist and religious sceptic has added this comedy-documentary to the growing number of…

Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…

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…