The Da Vinci Code

  • Tin foil hat wearer? Or do you just love conspiracy thrillers?

    I’ve written a guest post for All Things Jill-Elizabeth, just published today, looking at the two camps of people who enjoy conspiracy fiction — the ones who believe in conspiracy theories and the ones who just think it’s villain-heavy fun. Head on over if you’re a conspiracy fan! Jill also published a review of Million Read more

  • Is that really Mary Magdalene in Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”?

    Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, The Last Supper, continues to be hotly debated. Does it really depict Mary Magdalene instead of John the Apostle, thereby subtly revealing the Catholic Church’s biggest and most arduously kept secret? Let’s have a gander at the evidence… Hello all! After a short break, the blog is back, and this Read more

  • Book Review – Deception Point by Dan Brown

    My extra blog for this week looks at Dan Brown’s 2001 novel, Deception Point, one of his few non-Robert Langdon tales. Full spoilers for Deception Point ahead… Deception Point is about a government intelligence analyst called Rachel Sexton who is summoned by the President to help on a NASA discovery of enormous magnitude. We learn that NASA Read more

  • Was Jesus’s resurrection the greatest hoax of all time?

    Christians believe that Jesus Christ was crucified by the Romans, buried in a tomb and came back to life three days later. He then appeared to numerous people over 40 days before getting whisked off to Heaven. Could this really have happened? Or was Jesus’s resurrection the greatest hoax of all time? In today’s increasingly Read more

  • 10 Great Conspiracy Movies and TV Series

    Being a fan of conspiracy theories also makes me a fan of conspiracy movies and TV shows. Those which dramatise famous theories, or centre on government agencies and fictional organisations trying to screw with people’s lives or cover up heinous crimes. Here’s a list of ten conspiracy movies and TV series that are totally worth a Read more