The King's Speech is book-ended by two speeches. The first is a disaster, a deeply humiliating experience for Prince Albert, Duke of York…

A look at how the rise of mass media has helped us create alternative 'electronic universes' – worlds where God has no place.

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…

How have artists tried to capture the paradoxes of the cross through their work?

We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

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

Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.

Swan Lake is a beautiful, tragic story. The delicate art of ballet sensitively describes both the joy and turmoil of its main characters.…

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…