What do we do when opportunities come our way? Do we sit back and watch them pass us by, or do we seize the day and chase our dreams? It is…

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…

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

A review of the TV series Spooks.

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

Examine the role played by Christianity in the Magna Carta.

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…

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

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