Patricia Vieira

Is it wrong to use the ex­pres­sion ‘women and chil­dren’ when re­port­ing on dis­as­ters or war zones?

The rebel fer­vour of the new Hol­ly­wood film is un­like­ly to last longer than its the­atre screen­ing.

Lit­er­a­ture breaks the con­tin­u­um of the every­day and makes us stop and think, notes Vieira.

The pop­u­lar­i­ty of The Hob­bit and oth­er pre­quels makes us re­flect upon the rea­sons why this film genre is so at­trac­tive.

Is ‘Sky­fall’ telling us that, like Bond, Eu­rope should to go back to its roots for re­gen­er­a­tion?

Un­like fa­tal­ists, trag­ic he­roes do not give up in the face of fate; rather, they act against all odds, write au­thors.

Inan­i­mate ob­jects may com­mu­ni­cate a mean­ing or in­tent through their jux­ta­po­si­tion with oth­er ob­jects, and with us.