Climate change is one of the key issues of our time. But what should we make of the fervour of the environmental movement?

What does J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls have to say to us about sin, responsibility and being human?

A review of the TV series Spooks.

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…

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

A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?

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…

A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.