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

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

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

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

One of the most moving films of 2008, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful, haunting story about the horrors of the Holocaust.…

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

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

A Study Guide to the film Little Miss Sunshine.

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