Vampires are currently one of the biggest phenomena in popular culture. They are central to hit television series like True Blood, Being…

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:…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…

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…

Please note that the content of this talk partially overlaps that of Jerry Root’s other talk entitled 'C.S. Lewis’s Approach to…

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

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