Jodi Picoult is not an author to shy away from controversial topics. Her novels cover issues such as rape, suicide pacts and genetically…

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

A review of Nick Barham's Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew.

This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.

A helpful talk for understanding transgender issues and thinking about how to respond to a transgender person.

Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?

M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

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

Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…