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:…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language - yet we know little about his personal life. Jerram Barrs…

A review of the film Les Misérables.

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

English literary history is a curious thing. And one especially curious thing about it is that it contains very little of importance which…