AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatar3 days agoNorthern Ireland’s grandest hotel has a fresh new lookThe Telegraph - Sherelle JacobsI have always admired Northern Ireland from afar. Fast drivers, with a famous penchant for crisp sandwiches, the Northern Irish have a certain metal about them – and I have long harboured an inkling that a trip across the Irish Sea would prove good craic. Plus, Game of Thrones has made the …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarAncient Rome is back on screen with a vengeance – but the brutal, bloody Spartacus did it bestThe Telegraph - Alexander Larman2024 is, it would appear, the year of Ancient Rome. Its most anticipated film is undoubtedly Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel to his Oscar-winning 2000 epic Gladiator. And Gladiator 2 – as it is imaginatively known – promises to launch its star Paul Mescal to superstardom, just as the original …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarForget Game of Thrones: 3 Body Problem has given us the most brutal hour of TV in yearsThe Telegraph - Chris BennionWarning: spoilers follow If, like me, you’ve just watched episode five of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, the ominously named Judgment Day, then you’ll likely need a strong drink, a nice lie down or some hastily arranged therapy. Yes, that did just happen. Yes, it was awful as you think. No, there is no …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatar3 Body Problem, Netflix, review: Game of Thrones creators go intergalactic with this ambitious messThe Telegraph - Chris BennionDavid Benioff and DB Weiss have built their careers around three little words. “Game of Thrones”, yes, but more powerfully: “Winter is coming.” This ingenious narrative hook, yoked around the drooping shoulders of Sean Bean’s beleaguered Ned Stark, sucked viewers instantly into Westeros’s muddy, …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarCixin Liu, China’s megastar author: ‘People are comfortable. They don’t want any more progress’The Telegraph - Simon IngsCixin Liu steeps his science fiction in disaster and misfortune, even as he insists he’s just playing around with ideas. His seven novels and a clutch of short stories and articles (soon to be collected in a new English translation, A View from the Stars) have made him world-famous. His most …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarElvish Presley? The long-forgotten fantasy bomb that made Austin Butler a starThe Telegraph - Ed PowerIn the new Second World War drama Masters of the Air, Austin Butler is pretty alright for a fly guy. He commands the screen as a charming US bomber pilot leading the airborne assault against Hitler in the final years of World War II. More than commands it, actually. With his curled lip and …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarGame of Thrones trees ‘will disappear without aggressive replanting’The Telegraph - Telegraph ReportersNorthern Ireland’s Dark Hedges trees, which have enjoyed renewed popularity after they appeared in Game of Thrones, could disappear within 15 years, a campaigner has warned. Mervyn Storey, the chairman of the Dark Hedges Preservation Trust, said the state of the popular County Antrim visitor …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarJerome Flynn supports Extinction Rebellion co-founder as she avoids jail for vandalismThe Telegraph - Ewan SomervilleExtinction Rebellion’s co-founder has avoided jail for smashing the window of a government department, as she was supported at court by Jerome Flynn, the actor. Gail Bradbrook, who has a PhD in molecular biophysics, was found guilty of criminal damage by a jury last month, after a window at the …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarCancer-stricken Diana Rigg wanted someone to help her dieThe Telegraph - Craig SimpsonDame Diana Rigg wanted to end her own life while suffering from terminal lung cancer, her daughter has revealed. The actress and star of The Avengers and Game of Thrones explored available assisted dying options before passing away in 2020 aged 82. Dame Diana asked her daughter, Rachael Stirling, to …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarChainsaws are coming for Game of Thrones ‘tunnel of trees’The Telegraph - Telegraph ReportersAn operation has begun in County Antrim to fell several trees made famous by the Game of Thrones series. Six of the trees at the Dark Hedges will be removed and remedial work carried out on several others. The tunnel of trees became famous when it was featured in the HBO fantasy series and now …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarIndira Varma interview: ‘I've always felt there was something dull about sex scenes’The Telegraph - Chris HarveyIndira Varma emerges from the rehearsal room as if she’s just jumped out of a cockpit, chic casual in a flight suit, and full of enthusiasm for her latest part. Varma is playing Lady Macbeth, opposite Ralph Fiennes, and the Game of Thrones star has been working through her thoughts on the play. The …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarTrees made famous in Game of Thrones 'must be felled'The Telegraph - James CrispA number of large beech trees made famous in Game of Thrones must be felled, a report has warned. Northern Ireland’s Dark Hedges, a row of about 150 beech trees that have featured in television shows and films, are a popular tourist attraction in Armoy, Co Antrim. But a report from the Department for …