Flipping the meaning of Lent
Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day? The consumerist flip.
The Heart of Contentment
Does the philosophy of individualism lead to happiness? How does the desire for freedom link in with the human need for relationship?
Seeking the Welfare of the University
How should Christian academics conduct their lives and research within the life of the university?
Christian Academics in the University
The challenges, temptations and opportunities of academic life as a Christian.
The Great Gatsby
A review of the film The Great Gatsby.
A Vogue for Vincent
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…
War Horse
How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…
What Does it Mean to be Human?
Drawing on recent scientific arguments including evolutionary explanations of morality and the latest experiments in neuroscience, as well…
Invictus
The sun rises over the townships of South Africa on 10th May 1994. And the question at the back of everybody's mind is posed aloud by the…