At one time, every parent and child knew all about Nativity plays. Many will have memories and photographs of tea-towel-adorned shepherds,…

"Make them remember you." The Doctor’s advice to Amy and Rory as they faced the Parliament of the Daleks (episode 1: 'Asylum of the…

According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…

‘You can live your life without limitations and become anyone you want to be.’ Disease and injury, ageing and ugliness, death…

Yet another film foray into Wonderland demonstrates the abiding charm of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories. But Tim Burton’s…

There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

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