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

“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…

The statistics are every bit as mind-boggling as the spectacle. A reported budget of $280,000,000 makes James Cameron’s Avatar one of…

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

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

Review of Amazing Grace in the light of whether religion is a force for good or for bad.

The biggest television hit in the USA since ER first aired has hit UK screens this year. Set in a wealthy and pristine suburban cul-de-sac,…

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…