Les Misérables
A review of the film Les Misérables.
Don't Forget About the Baby
At one time, every parent and child knew all about Nativity plays. Many will have memories and photographs of tea-towel-adorned shepherds,…
Skyfall
M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…
Brontes' "Eternal Powers"
The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…
The Hunger Games
According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: a discussion guide
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:…
Studying ... History?
When people asked me what I studied at university and I told them, there were often a number of generic reactions. Inevitably, I would be…
Expert Evidence on the Trial of Jesus
What does the oldest fragment of the New Testament tell us?
Catfish
One of the many changes which the Internet has brought into our lives is that it is remarkably easy to masquerade as something we're not.…