TV: A winter’s tale of survival and power
Game of Thrones has been a long and engaging parable about the getting, using and holding of power by any means possible
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Game of Thrones: Sky Atlantic
The Great House Revival: RTÉ One
The Fitting Room: RTÉ Two
As Oscar Wilde has Lord Darlington say in Lady Windermere’s Fan, “I couldn’t help it. I can resist everything except temptation.” And so, having declared here and elsewhere that I would never watchGame of Thrones, I failed in my resolve some time over last winter and watched the whole seven seasons.
Had I committed ...
