The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.

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

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

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

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

A review of the film The Bourne Ultimatum.

A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.