The King's Speech is book-ended by two speeches. The first is a disaster, a deeply humiliating experience for Prince Albert, Duke of York…

The following is an extract from Philip Vander Elst's full paper of the same title. The whole paper can be downloaded from the link on the…

Big Mike walks as though every step is an effort. Head and shoulders taller and a good few inches broader than everyone he passes, dressed…

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

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

How do subjects like sociology, human geography and anthropology reveal the wonder and brokenness of human culture?

When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) meets homeless, schizophrenic Juilliard-dropout Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. (Jamie…

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

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