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

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…

One of the most moving films of 2008, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful, haunting story about the horrors of the Holocaust.…

'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.

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

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

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.