Why does crime fiction fascinate so many people? What might this show us about people's concerns today.

A review of the film The Great Gatsby.

The setting for the video of 'No Light No Light', the second single from 2011's Ceremonials – a traditional church building complete…

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…

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

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…

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

A review of Doctor Who, Series 4 starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

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