A review of the film The Great Gatsby.

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

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

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

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language - yet we know little about his personal life. Jerram Barrs…

Examine the role played by Christianity in the Magna Carta.

Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.