Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn and Siobhan McSweeney all appear in the Channel 4 comedy – based in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. They attempted to impress judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with an alcohol-laced trifle for their signature challenge. But a few of them tucked into the booze early as they whipped […]
Tag: Derry
Explosives thrown at home of SF’s Gerry Adams, while Derry rioting blamed on ‘New’ IRA
A week of rioting and violence across Northern Ireland culminated in explosive devices being thrown at the Belfast homes of prominent Sinn Fein activists, including the party’s former leader Gerry Adams. The home of the republican Bobby Storey, who previously served as the party’s chairman in Northern Ireland, was also targeted. Read more The Police […]
Derry Girls review: You can joke about everything if you are funny
In the Sixties, some felt a sitcom about the Home Guard, just two decades after the Second World War, might be inappropriate. The success of Dad’s Army proved them wrong. Then there was the Nazi occupation of France and the French resistance, hardly the stuff of high jinks yet by 1982, it was quite able […]
Second ‘It’ Trailer: Terror Lies in the Sewers of Derry, Maine
For anyone who has coulrophobia, a fear of clowns, you’ll probably want to steer clear for the latest trailer for the new adaptation of Stephen King‘s beloved horror novel It. Much like the first trailer, It doesn’t go out of its way to try to terrify you with cheap jump scares. Instead, they let suspense […]