Forget Jon Snow, watch the young women to find out how Game of Thrones ends
Aug 27, 2017 14:31 pm UTC| Entertainment
For Game of Thrones fans, the current series has been a bit of a mystery. As the television writers have picked up the storyline where author George R. R. Martins A Song of Fire and Ice novels ended, there is, for the...
Ozark, drug cartels and America's changing relationship with Mexico
Aug 22, 2017 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The recent violence in Charlottesville and the ever-shifting statements by Donald Trump about national identity bring to the fore the dangers of the recurrent narratives of us versus them and the threats posed to American...
American Horror Story: how the cult TV show hints at real-world nightmares
Aug 16, 2017 12:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Following months of media hype, American Horror Story (AHS) returns this September with an election theme that seems set to maintain the TV shows tradition of inspiring controversy and debate. This time around, showrunners...
How Elvis permanently changed American pop culture
Aug 15, 2017 12:55 pm UTC| Entertainment
Its been 40 years since Elvis Presley last swivelled his hips, before his untimely death in 1977 at the age of 42. To date, Elviss singles including Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes, and Suspicious Minds as well as...
Jul 27, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Entertainment Health
Last year, New Yorks then police commissioner Willam Bratton was quick to blame rap music and the culture around it for a fatal backstage shooting at a concert by the rapper T.I. Ignoring wider issues of gun control,...
How Game of Thrones reflects historical anxieties about women, motherhood and power
Jul 22, 2017 07:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Warning: This article contains spoilers about Game of Thrones series seven, episode 1. Game of Thrones is back and the female characters are at the forefront of the action. Sansa Stark is still struggling to control...
From Elizabeth I to high fashion, the tales behind Game of Thrones' costumes
Jul 18, 2017 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Game of Thrones, which returns today for its seventh season, offers fantasy, horror and intrigue, and, as Sarah Mower has put it, shines a light on our cynical, sophisticated, brutal, hopeless new Dark Ages. It is also...
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