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…

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…

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

The title and witch-themed publicity made me a little unsure about whether a Christian should be joining the crowds flocking to this…

Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…

A review of the film The Spiderwick Chronicles.

The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

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