SF AND FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 11 June 2020 THE COURT OF MIRACLES by Kester Grant (Harper Voyager £12.99, 464pp) THE COURT OF MIRACLES by Kester Grant (Harper Voyager £12.99, 464pp) It may be Paris, but gay it ain’t. The revolution … Read more
FANTASY AND SCI-FI By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 21 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 21 May 2020 The Book of Koli By M.R. Carey (Orbit £17.49 hardback; £6.99 paperback) The Book of Koli By M.R. Carey (Orbit £17.49 hardback; £6.99 paperback) It’s grim up north in Koli’s post-apocalyptic world. … Read more
A ‘fantasy knight’ today apologised after armed police swooped on his stroll in full medieval outfit and sword around a Cardiff beauty spot – and said: ‘I was simply enjoying a walk in my armour.’ History-lover Lennon Thomas, 20, was stopped in his tracks at Hendre Lake, in St Mellons by three gun-toting officers on Wednesday … Read more
While we’re spending more time indoors, many of us are seeking home comforts – and for a lot of people this comes in the form of videogames. The recent release of Final Fantasy VII Remake (FF7R) is the ideal dose of nostalgia to sit back and enjoy. Originally released in 1997, Final Fantasy 7 is … Read more
“What about a Star Trek evening?” Eamonn asked. “You could be my lieutenant.” Bursting out laughing, Ruth gave a cheeky insight into Eamonn’s Star Trek fantasy by predicting he would like her to dress up as Nyota Uhura. “Thing is you’ve probably got the outfit somewhere, haven’t you?” Ruth quipped. “Well I wouldn’t like to … Read more
Like a bolt of lightning, the coronavirus has lit up the world in which we really live. The nation-state has proved to be the only institution with the power and authority to deal with the pandemic and shield its citizens from the dangers of an increasingly chaotic world. The ever-increasing international co-operation of which our … Read more
WHAT BOOK would fantasy novelist Sarah J. Maas take to a desert island? Sarah J. Maas is currently reading Nalini Singh’s A Madness Of Sunshine She would take Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game to a desert island American novelist said George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 2 … Read more
FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 19 March 2020 THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A. K. Larkwood (Tor £16.99, 464 pp) THE UNSPOKEN NAME by A. K. Larkwood (Tor £16.99, 464 pp) What’s not to like about a betusked teenage priestess-turned-assassin, especially when she’s … Read more
The ‘fantasy movie’ landscape of one of the most isolated and remote regions in the Himalayas has been revealed in a series of incredible pictures. They were taken by Lithuanian explorer Darius Radkevicius in Upper Mustang, a semi-autonomous region of Nepal that only opened to tourists in 1992. While there he took part in a … Read more
Governments worldwide have advised the public to wash their hands regularly amid the coronavirus pandemic. And now Mariah Carey, 49, has enlisted her twins, Moroccan and Monroe, eight, to help her to make their own PSA Tik Tok video. The trio shared a video of themselves all washing their hands at a sink in Mariah’s home … Read more