How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…

A review of Lily Allen's CD It's Not Me It's You.

The Rev. Dr. Michael Ward is an Anglican minister and the author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis. It…

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

A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.

A review of the film The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

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…