Far from being just escapism, the Lord of the Rings has much to tell us about the power of stories, the fight of good against evil, and how the deeds of ordinary people can have profound consequences.
The BBC dramatisation of War and Peace brought the 19th century to our living rooms. But how many of us consider some of the more serious themes in it?
I never planned to have a large family, but the words of Pope John Paul II helped me to come to terms with my calling as a wife and mother.
The Dalai Lama was invited to speak at the huge summer festival of popular music in Somerset and was asked whether he endorsed the message of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si.
