In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…

This resource provides extracts from Dr Paul Coulter's extensive study of The Shack.

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

What does J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls have to say to us about sin, responsibility and being human?

A review of the film The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

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

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…

“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…