At one time, every parent and child knew all about Nativity plays. Many will have memories and photographs of tea-towel-adorned shepherds,…

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

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…

Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

Some thoughts on studying archaeology and / or anthropology as a Christian.

In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…

It seems like we can't do without God; or anyway something like him. 'In each of us there is an empty hole in the shape of God', said…

Reviews of some of Joanne Harris' novels, including Chocolat.

Universities are changing fast. We only have to watch the news to realise that the education system is undergoing massive upheaval at every…