GOTHIC FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 15 April 2021 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 15 April 2021 EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline (W&N £14.99, 320 pp) Settle in for an utterly compelling blend of propulsive narrative, starkly beautiful writing … Read more
Boris Johnson’s plan to build a bridge or a tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland has been slammed by critics as a ‘fantasy’. The Prime Minister has launched an official review to look at how to improve Union transport connectivity, with a fixed Irish Sea link the headline proposal. The PM has allocated £20million to … Read more
Matt James eliminated Bri Springs after their Fantasy Suite date on Monday’s episode of The Bachelor. With that decision, Matt narrowed the choice of his potential bride to two out of the 38 women that passed through Nemacolin Resort during season 25 of the ABC show. Next week, Matt, 29, may propose to either Michelle … Read more
Netflix revealed the first trailer for their new series Shadow and Bone on Friday. In the action-packed teaser clip for the fantasy epic, Ben Barnes is seen as The Darkling, also known as General Kirigan in the show, who is the charismatic yet menacing leader of Ravka’s Second Army. The trailer opens, however, with its … Read more
A new limited-edition British-made supercar has been unveiled this week and is a feat of automotive engineering. The flame-orange masterpiece is the work of legendary car designer Gordon Murray and is based on his forthcoming T.50 model. But this V12-engine stunner is a more hardened track-only version that takes the driving performance to the extreme. … Read more
SCI-FI/ FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 7 January 2021 WITCH BOTTLE by Tom Fletcher (Jo Fletcher Books £16.99, 320 pp) WITCH BOTTLE by Tom Fletcher (Jo Fletcher Books £16.99, 320 pp) Poor Dan’s a-cold — a minimum wage delivery driver in a … Read more
Hollywood blockbuster Monster Hunter has been pulled from China one day after its release for using a pun that is deemed insulting, according to reports. The fantasy action film sparked an uproar in the Far East after showing two soldiers make a joke with the words ‘knees’ and ‘Chinese’ in a brief scene that is … Read more
Queen’s cousin blasts The Crown over ‘fantasy’ plot about monarch’s relatives ‘certified as lunatics’ and left to rot in mental asylum – saying it caused ‘frustration’ in the family By Elliot Mulligan For The Daily Mail Published: 01:59 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 02:54 GMT, 2 December 2020 A cousin of the Queen has … Read more
Queen’s cousin blasts The Crown over ‘fantasy’ plot about monarch’s relatives ‘certified as lunatics’ and left to rot in mental asylum – saying it caused ‘frustration’ in the family By Elliot Mulligan For The Daily Mail Published: 01:59 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 02:38 GMT, 2 December 2020 A cousin of the Queen has … Read more
It’s been quite some week on the stock market, as a vaccine rally sent the price of previously unloved shares soaring and shook up This is Money’s Fantasy Share Picking Game leaderboard. Monday’s news of a successful vaccine from Pfizer saw SSP shares leap 52 per cent and Rolls-Royce shares climb 44 per cent – … Read more