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

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…

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

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…

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.