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Richard Osman on House of Games (Image: BBC) Richard Osman’s House of Games needs a new name after its titular host announced he was stepping down from the BBC quiz show after more than 800 episodes – including the one where he met his wife. And while that might sound …

March is a great month for book lovers (Image: Fotografía de eLuVe via Getty Images) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Between suggestions from friends, relatives and colleagues and the countless reviews accessible on TikTok, Instagram and …

Game of Thrones may have ended in 2019, but George RR Martin’s Westeros has plenty of spin-offs out now and in the works. Aside from House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, there’s now a Game of Thrones movie in the works. Scooped by The Wrap, …

Kathleen Harriman, with father Averell, were in London at height of the Blitz (Image: Getty) Kathleen Harriman jumped at the chance to accompany her father on his wartime mission to London. A wealthy American tycoon, Averell Harriman was US president Franklin Roosevelt’s special envoy to Britain. “Ave” arrived in March …

Our great island nation has led way in everything from the Industrial Revolution to the Suffragettes (Image: Getty) Are we about to see yet another shift in the ever-changing relationship between the nations that make up Britain and Ireland? These isles – encompassing England, Scotland, the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland …

Dominic Sandbrook and Tabby Syrett, his co-presenter on the new podcast Book Club (Image: Courtesy Goalhanger Productions) Described by a recent interviewer as “middle-aged, balding and bespectacled… a picture of ordinariness”, Dominic Sandbrook makes an unlikely superstar. But if there was a Top of the Pops for podcasters, the 51-year-old …

The Housemaid is finally available to stream on Amazon Prime via a purchase option after hitting the big screen in December, and fans are thrilled. The hit thriller was originally written in 2019, but wasn’t published until 2022 after pushbacks that it was “too dark”. It ultimately became the start …

House of the Dragon is set 200 years before Game of Thrones and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 100 years prior to the War of the Five Kings. Now, a third prequel has been announced by A Song of Ice and Fire writer George RR Martin, but this one …

For edge of your seat excitement, look no further. Our critics reveal four of the best new books this spring

Traitors star Harriet Tyce photographed exclusively for the Express (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster / Daily Express) She set the “cat amongst the pigeons” in an explosive Traitors showdown that became one of the most watched TV moments of the year, before daring fellow contestants to vote her off Claudia Winkleman’s hit …