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…

It seems like we can't do without God; or anyway something like him. 'In each of us there is an empty hole in the shape of God', said…

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

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

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

Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…

A review of the SF film Jumper.

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

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…