James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…

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Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.

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

One of the many changes which the Internet has brought into our lives is that it is remarkably easy to masquerade as something we're not.…

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…

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