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

Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

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

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…

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

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…

A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…