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Tory peer Lord Forsyth condemns Netflix for refusing to warn viewers The Crown is fiction Lord Forsyth today waded into the row between Netflix and Oliver Dowden The former cabinet minister said Netflix should be brought to heel by Ofcom Viewers have criticised The Crown’s fourth season for depiction of monarchy By Jack Elsom For … Read more
From Cecily von Ziegesar’s warm novel to The Betrayals by Bridget Collins, a thought-provoking debut by Thomas McMullan and Ruth Ware’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 5 December 2020 Cobble Hill Cecily … Read more
Born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866, Herbert George Wells is best known for his legendary sci-fi novels, including The War of the Worlds and Time Machine, which earned him the nickname ‘the Shakespeare of science fiction’. One of the most prominent futurists Britain has ever seen, he foresaw the advent of many things which would go … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The Crown must stop dressing up dangerous fiction as the truth By Mail On Sunday Comment For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:35 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 01:35 GMT, 29 November 2020 In an age when many know nothing of the past – and the day before yesterday is … Read more
Oliver Dowden last night demanded that Netflix make clear The Crown is ‘fiction’. In a dramatic intervention, the Culture Secretary added his voice to mounting concern that fabricated scenes in the drama series were so damaging to the Royal Family that viewers should be warned at the start of each episode that it was not … Read more
A powerful coalition of politicians, Royal experts and a close friend of Prince Charles last night backed calls for Netflix to broadcast a disclaimer warning viewers of The Crown that many key scenes never happened or are distortions of the truth. The streaming giant is facing mounting criticism for fabricating a string of controversial incidents … Read more
Proof that TV audiences ARE believing the fiction of Netflix series The Crown? Online commenters believe Charles and Camilla conducted affair throughout his relationship with Diana (except he didn’t) Dozens of critics have said parts of The Crown series were a distortion of truth But many have accepted fake storylines on Charles, Camilla and Diana … Read more
From Jonathan Lethem’s eerily timely tale to The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey, an inventive novel by Kikuko Tsumura and Michael Connelly’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Tom Payne and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 November 2020 The Arrest … Read more
Princess Diana’s brother has revealed he refused permission for Netflix to film The Crown at their family’s stately home in order to protect her memory. Earl Spencer says he was approached by the programme’s makers to use the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire as a location but said no because the drama is so factually inaccurate and … Read more
From Carys Bray’s weighty novel to Olga by Bernhard Schlink, a short story collection by Nicole Krauss and H. B. Lyle’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Eithne Farry and Anthony Cummins and Hephzibah Anderson and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 November 2020 When The Lights … Read more