In the mid-1990s, a cartoon in the New Yorker depicted a woman in a bookshop asking, “What can you recommend that’s not by Michael Crichton?” ...

Some 17 years after the author’s death, the row over whether Crichton and his estate owns in perpetuity the genre of gritty medical drama is a reminder of his remarkable creative powers.

The series, which takes place in an understaffed Pittsburgh hospital, was created by R. Scott Gemmill, with John Wells and ...

Jurassic Park fans still have one big unanswered question that the franchise has never addressed. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based upon Michael Crichton’s 1990 best-selling novel, Jurassic Park ...

Steven Spielberg was very complimentary of this acclaimed science fiction writer, who had a huge impact on his work.

The name’s Connery… Sean Connery, an actor almost everyone is able to recognize if only for his role as the most famous spy ...

Blasphemous language and swearing can be censored from audiobooks by a new service being offered to sensitive listeners. Tech ...

WHEN he was Home Secretary, Michael Howard was known for his tough stance on crime, declaring memorably that 'prison works'.

It’s a really challenging task. Write too much detail into law and you might make it inflexible, unable to respond to differing or changing circumstances. Too little detail can lead to confusion. If ...

1996’s Twister is one of the best disaster films ever made, full stop. It’s fast-paced, believably scary, and rooted in ...

After unlocking the secrets of DNA, the Nobel prize-winning biochemist traded in his centrifuge for a life of wine, women, ...