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

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.J. Abrams' Star Trek film.

Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…

Jodi Picoult is not an author to shy away from controversial topics. Her novels cover issues such as rape, suicide pacts and genetically…

What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?

"Make them remember you." The Doctor’s advice to Amy and Rory as they faced the Parliament of the Daleks (episode 1: 'Asylum of the…

According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

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