The sun rises over the townships of South Africa on 10th May 1994. And the question at the back of everybody's mind is posed aloud by the…

We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

The Torchwood team have come a long way since their first rather dubious dealings with extraterrestrial invaders back in 2006. Billed as…

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…

A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.

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

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

A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters