Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…

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…

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

How we reply to this complex question will very much depend on who is asking, and we need to be ready to admit that we don’t have all…

A review of the film and book The Corporation.

Every day as you read the newspapers you are flooded and bombarded by a world that is imbued with suffering and pain. Why all this…

English literary history is a curious thing. And one especially curious thing about it is that it contains very little of importance which…

A review of the Manic Street Preachers' Lifeblood album.

Cricket is the new football, or so they say. This year’s [2005] Ashes Test Series between England and Australia has defined the…