MAKING OF THE MOVIE
Belfast
The Daily Beast’s Obsessed
With This Ring
The Northern Ireland Assembly voted for marriage equality today, but the right-wing DUP invoked a piece of legislation to stop it. Now the fight heads to the courts.
DESTINATION
Extras are sworn to secrecy, coach tours are ferrying fans to locations—Game of Thrones has helped transform Northern Ireland into a second Hollywood.
LITTLE BIRDS
Top-secret filming on the HBO fantasy epic has been protected by a no-fly zone over the set in Northern Ireland.
Power Games
Queen declines to take the top spot in Westeros. Well, it’s not the most comfortable of seats.
A comic musical about the Bible has ruffled Protestant feathers in one small Northern Irish town.
Street Riots
Fifteen years after a Northern Ireland peace deal was struck, the rioters are back. Nico Hines reports.