Do as the Romans did, then overdo it again

With "Centurion'' slashing its way into select cinemas nationwide, now is as good a time as any to revisit some movies and TV shows set in ancient Rome and examine the recently energized, post-"Gladiator'' wave. Ancient Rome - Television - Rome - History - Ancient

BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up

It seems that whenever somebody disagrees with my opinion, they bring up the fact that I write science fiction.

Jack Black Calls 'Gulliver's Travels' A 'Powerful Gem'

In a long interview with MTV News, star talks about getting larger than life for the adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic.

Profile: Diane Abbott

An outspoken veteran 1980s left-winger and a mass of contradictions, Diane Abbott was one of the first four black MPs to arrive on the Labour benches in 1987, and the first black woman.

A Short History of Celebrity, By Fred Inglis

Few phenomena seem to capture the rather dismal spirit of our age better than celebrity. It has become the staple of a thousand television shows and websites; magazines are devoted to it; the serious press, in the guise of reporting, replicates the same morbid fascination of the tabloids. Yet, as Fred Inglis writes, "Celebrity is everywhere acknowledged but never understood". It is a powerful ...