According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

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…

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

A review of Doctor Who, Series 4 starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

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‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…

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:…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

Dawn Bundy is a fifteen-year-old English girl. She is not especially attractive, and she doesn’t really fit in. Her best friends are…