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

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

There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…

Teachers lurk anxiously behind tinsel-covered curtains; excited children wait for their big moment; and nervous parents hope that their…

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…

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

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

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

Reviews of some of Joanne Harris' novels, including Chocolat.