Vanity Fair contributing editor Jim Windolf talks to George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the ongoing book series on which the popular HBO show Game of Thrones is based, who tells Windolf that the show is indeed catching up to the books:...
Read moreThe popularity of foreign imports such as The Killing, Borgen and French drama Spiral mean British TV audiences are becoming increasingly acclimatised to subtitling. But across the Channel, viewers are a little more reluctant to read while they’re watching,...
Read moreNot only does Sherlock get love on both sides of the Channel, in France they think it's so good they show it twice, so that younger and older viewers can get their fix… The BBC detective drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch is one of French TV’s most popular...
Read morePresident Barack Obama gets early copies of HBO's Game of Thrones before the general public. The show's creators confirmed to Vanity Fair that the president received copies of the show before it's released to the general public. In a report published...
Read moreWith the fourth series of HBO's hit fantasy series Game of Thrones poised to premiere on our telly sets in 26 days (10 hours and 37 minutes. Not that we are counting or anything...) excitement is running high. And there's yet more good news on the way...
Read moreThe country is divided into two nations, those who read weekly or daily, and those who prefer TV and DVDs, it says. It finds key links between an individual's social background and how likely they are to read. The research, from charity Booktrust, is...
Read moreBBC3 is to become an online-only service, closing down as a broadcast channel in autumn 2015, under plans set out today by BBC director general Tony Hall. The move will free up over £50 million from BBC3's programme-making budget, providing a cash injection...
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Emily Brontë and Jane Austen. Photograph: Stock/Montage/Getty Images Jane Austen v Emily Brontë, an Intelligence Squared debate, was also John Mullan v Kate Mosse, but for much of it the professor and the novelist seemed too well mannered, too eager to...
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