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

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

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

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

A historical argument for linking the growth of freedom with the development of Christianity.

Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

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 statistics are every bit as mind-boggling as the spectacle. A reported budget of $280,000,000 makes James Cameron’s Avatar one of…

Teachers lurk anxiously behind tinsel-covered curtains; excited children wait for their big moment; and nervous parents hope that their…