Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day? The consumerist flip.

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

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…

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

'El Camino de Santiago' or 'the Way of St. James' spans 800km across France and Spain. With its destination believed to be the burial place…

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

We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…