Star Wars
The genius of stop-motion wizard Ray Harryhausen
Claudia Massie 24 October 2020 9:00 am
Claudia Massie explores the cinematic majesty and mind-bending visual trickery of stop-motion wizard Ray Harryhausen
Darth Vader is dirty and it’s not just me that thinks so
Tanya Gold 12 December 2015 9:00 am
Star Wars taught Hollywood how to make children’s films for adults, says Tanya Gold
Without sci-fi, there would be no cinema
Peter Hoskin 11 October 2014 9:00 am
Without sci-fi, there would be no cinema, writes Peter Hoskin
The surer we are that machines can think, the less sure we'll be about people
Matthew Parris 23 August 2014 9:00 am
Having written (for a Times diary) a few sentences about consciousness in robots, I settled back to study readers’ responses…
The bits of Magna Carta that David Cameron won’t want taught in schools
The Spectator 21 June 2014 8:00 am
The not-so-great charter David Cameron wants every child to be taught about Magna Carta. Some bits he might want to…