Great North Road is the latest offering from highly acclaimed British sci-fi author Peter F. Hamilton, released in the UK on the 27th of September. Set in the year 2142, this standalone novel explores a not-too-distant future, in which the Earth is connected to planets across the galaxy through a […]

Kathryn Bigelow, director of the Oscar winning The Hurt Locker, returns to the war on terror with this high-octane, true-story account of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Before the movie begins, a heading announces that this story is based on true events, from first hand accounts. From that point […]

When an escaped fugitive is speeding towards the Mexican border in a stolen supercar, a small army clearing his path and no federal agents close enough to help, there’s only one man that can stop him. Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s right, Arnie has returned to Hollywood. He’s gotten the politics out […]

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray by three sets to one, winning the final of the Australian Open at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. This is the fourth Australian Open title for the world number one, and he set a new record by being the first man to win this title three […]

Slowly orbiting the Sun, its eyes fixed on a single region of our galaxy, the Kepler space observatory quietly goes about its business, scouring the Milky Way for Earth-like planets. The spacecraft, launched in 2009, is a specially designed telescope known as a photometer, or light meter. The telescope monitors […]

The curriculum vitae has long been an important weapon in the job hunter’s arsenal, a completely blank canvas on which an individual can convey their skills, ambitions and suitability for a job in any way they see fit. A CV is versatile, creative and most importantly, personal. But the CV […]

The Quantum Thief is the debut novel from Finnish author, Hannu Rajaniemi. A shining example of ‘hard science fiction’, The Quantum Thief is a crime caper, set in the far future of our solar system, which is now populated with a host of bizarre, post-human entities. The hero, Jean Le […]

To celebrate the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, I’ve drawn up a short list of novel adaptations due to hit cinemas next year, which I expect to be pretty spectacular. This is just a small sample of a number of great looking adaptations due out in 2013, ordered […]