LIVING WITHOUT LOVE
It was surprising to find disability at the centre of a film but having read Brendan Staunton's infectious review of the film The Intouchables I wanted to see it. He had said it was about people whose 'real handicap is living without love'. There were two people living without love:
Read More...ISAAC AND JACOB
The birth of Isaac stands at the centre of the Abraham narrative cycle that we explored last month. Although the promises made to Abraham were dependent on Isaac's birth and survival, Isaac's character remains surprisingly undeveloped. He functions more like a bridge facilitat
Read More...The Pope's Intentions
Anyone who has been involved in a court case will tell you that going to law is a big gamble. To begin with you only go to court if things have gone badly wrong, unless you are one of those people who don't really care about right or wrong and whose only aim is to get 'compo' by telling li
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