Why the growing popularity of Jane Austen? Is it accidental, a typical postmodern temporary fad, or is there some deeper reason for the…

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

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

The Lone Ranger (2013) has been such a flop at the US box-office that critics are heralding the death of the Western. Are these critics…

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

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a very unusual sort of criminal. Along with the pragmatic Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he is paid to…

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

Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…

A review of the film I Am Legend.