'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.

M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

"Make them remember you." The Doctor’s advice to Amy and Rory as they faced the Parliament of the Daleks (episode 1: 'Asylum of the…

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called "double listening" – "it means that we’re called…

I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…

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

A review of the TV series Spooks.

A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.