Florence Gildea considers the background and consequences to 'Raunch Culture' and offers an alternative Christian view.

Why does crime fiction fascinate so many people? What might this show us about people's concerns today.

A review of the film Lincoln.

The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…

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…

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

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…

The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…