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

What happens when people are given free reign to do what they want with impunity? When there are no consequences for their actions because…

A review of Doctor Who, Series 4 starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Swan Lake is a beautiful, tragic story. The delicate art of ballet sensitively describes both the joy and turmoil of its main characters.…

Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…

We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

Bill Maher, a well-known American comedian, satirist and religious sceptic has added this comedy-documentary to the growing number of…

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

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…