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

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

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A review of the TV series Spooks.

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Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

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…

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

Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?