The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…

Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

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…

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

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 review of Lily Allen's CD It's Not Me It's You.

A review of the film of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.