The spring edition of Forum addresses the interrelated concepts of terror and fear and aims to explore the various ways in which these ideas are addressed within philosophy, art, music, literature and film. Within our contemporary society terror and fear have adopted a new relevancy and, as the arts are direct commentators on the prevalent attitudes of the era, Forum’s objective is to discover the way in which the arts have confronted terror and fear both within our time and in previous ages.

The inaugural issue of FORUM, on the theme of "Origins and Originality".