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…

Pete Atkinson considers the difference the Christianity made to the Roman Empire. 'Are You Not Entertained?' – The Gladiator Who…

I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…

Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

A review of the film of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

A review of the film Inkheart.

Why do people do the things they do? It’s a question the world’s greatest philosophers, theologians, scientists and doctors…

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