Television: How a once-great show was Trumped

While this is still an undeniably well made show, it’s hard to give a hoot what goes on in it

Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (Netflix)

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House of Cards: Netflix

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I threw in the towel withHouse Of Cards(Netflix) during its second season – which was three years ago, a time that feels as far removed from today’s political scene as the Napoleonic era does from the Viking age. And it seems strange now to recall that I did so because the sight of a big-name US politician pushing a journalist under ...