David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

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

Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?

A film review and discussion guide to 'Paddington'.

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…

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…

An exploration of the Christian themes and imagery in 'The Silmarillion' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters