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

The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…

In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…

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

At a recent Alpha group, frustrated by the complexity of the Bible, someone sighed, "I wish God had written an executive summary." But God…

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

A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.

Please note that the content of this talk partially overlaps that of Jerry Root’s other talk entitled 'C.S. Lewis’s Approach to…

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