The Vatican newspaper <i>L’Osservatore Romano</i> has criticised the children’s film <i>The Golden Compass</i> starring Nicole Kidman, calling it "anti-Christmas". Co-starring…

The Golden Compass, a -million picture based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel Northern Lights, is caught between a United States Catholic group that has called for a boycott…

Author Michelle Paver is becoming used to celebrity: interviews, book signings, author tours, writes Stephen Moss.