The Lone Ranger (2013) has been such a flop at the US box-office that critics are heralding the death of the Western. Are these critics…

Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…

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

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

Dawn Bundy is a fifteen-year-old English girl. She is not especially attractive, and she doesn’t really fit in. Her best friends are…

The title and witch-themed publicity made me a little unsure about whether a Christian should be joining the crowds flocking to this…

Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…

Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…

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