The Apocalypse

And why it still fascinates us even though we pretend it doesn't

Since Easter I have been reading through what is known as either The Apocalypse or the Revelation of St John, depending on your Bible. It’s a book that intrigues, baffles or frightens us, even to this day. But it has impressed itself on our culture in a profound way - for example the four horseman of the Apocalypse - despite the fact that no-one, not ev…