Lady Gaga has found a role as the gruesomely beautiful poster girl for the “little monsters” who worship her and there’s no denying her commitment... more
Dangerous arsonist who set fire to a Mormon church in Essex during a service was allowed to walk free by a bungling health authority after a judge ordered that he be sectioned... more
Ever since Christopher Hitchens, the famously atheist author, discovered he had cancer, Christians have been praying for his recovery and urging him to find God... more
A row breaks out over whether a Jewish gallery should have mounted an exhibition of pictures of the crucifixion by artists including Tracey Emin... more
Stories about blonde “Cameron cuties” confronting dinosaurs are great fun. But in many cases, the dinosaurs are the ones who voted for the cuties in the first place... more
They are candid, provocative - and totally at odds with each other. Our resident 'sexperts' offer conflicting advice on Londoners' sexual dilemmas...... more
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more
Once they were going to call it Sold Out; they could have called it Cashing In; but they settled in the end for the upbeat but neutral title Pop Life. ... more
Darwin's life was eventful enough without the added clichés that Creation director Jon Amiel couldn't resist in the retelling of a fascinating story.... more
Tony Blair has spoken in detail for the first time about his conversion to Catholicism — and revealed his wife was the driver behind the switch... more
The BBC tackles the murky world of banking and sub-prime mortgages in a new film with a cast including Dominic Cooper, Aidan Gillen, Rosamund Pike and Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding... more
Belgium-based theatre-maker Jan Fabre pushes at what used to be called decency, with a kind of extreme burlesque that mocks our rampant materialism.... more
A vicar ordered the removal of a sculpture of Jesus Christ being crucified from the front of his church after branding it "unsuitable" and "a horrifying depiction of pain and suffering"... more
The actress' 'trout pout' looked almost fit to burst as she arrived at a the New York launch of her husband Antonio Banderas's new fragrance, Blue Seduction for Women.... more
Bigger Than Jesus, Rick Miller's one-man play, subtitled 2,000 Years of Selling the Big Guy!, examines why Jesus of Nazareth continues to inspire both devout worship and appalling violence.... more