The Telegraph3 Body Problem, Netflix, review: marvel at the ambition of this glorious, gaudy galactic 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, …
The TelegraphCixin 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 …
The TelegraphElvish 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 …
The TelegraphGame 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 …
The TelegraphJerome 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 …
The TelegraphCancer-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 …