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…
Do We Know Why We Are All Equal?
The forthright defence of the permissibility of "after-birth abortion" – infanticide – by two Melbourne-based philosophers in…
War Horse
How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…
The Iron Lady
An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…
Sherlock Holmes
A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.
Route Irish - Corruption and Conscience
What happens when people are given free reign to do what they want with impunity? When there are no consequences for their actions because…
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…
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.…
What Does Jerusalem Have to do With Athens?
This talk, given by Stefan Lindholm from English L'Abri, considers the relationship between philosophy and theology – between…