
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…
The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…
According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…
At a recent Alpha group, frustrated by the complexity of the Bible, someone sighed, "I wish God had written an executive summary." But God…
Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…
In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…
To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…
A review of the book God Explained in a Taxi Ride.
A review of Ian McEwan's Saturday.