“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…

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

A review of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek film.

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

A review of the TV series Spooks.

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

The biggest television hit in the USA since ER first aired has hit UK screens this year. Set in a wealthy and pristine suburban cul-de-sac,…

English literary history is a curious thing. And one especially curious thing about it is that it contains very little of importance which…

Cricket is the new football, or so they say. This year’s [2005] Ashes Test Series between England and Australia has defined the…