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This year was supposed to be the year that television nosedived into a creative slump. Worriers theorized that the darkest days of the pandemic had disrupted so many productions that there'd be nothing left worth watching by the time 2022 rolled around: Think of it as the entertainment equivalent of…

Blackmore rode a patient race on the Willie Mullins-trained Echoes in Rain, who was appearing for the first time since winning at the Galway Festival

Five days of quality racing begin on Tuesday

In Platinum Jubilee year, the Queen can enjoy the majestic Baaeed in the opening race of Royal Ascot, which begins on Tuesday.

HBO Max's comedy chronicles the life of a gentleman pirate who runs into Blackbeard, played by Taika Waititi

HBO’s new show Our Flag Means Death has brought the Golden Age of Piracy to life on TV, chronicling the life of the bumbling gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet.

It's said that Daniel Defoe met his inspiration for Robinson Crusoe in a pub on King Street

The little pirate show that could, "Our Flag Means Death," has turned out to be anything but little — in terms of both ambition and viewer appeal. Part romantic comedy, part period piece, the series is surprisingly large in scope, and it's swiftly emerged as a sleeper hit: Since its…

What if two real-life 18th-century pirate captains didn’t just cross paths, but fell in love? That’s the slow-burning premise of “Our Flag Means Death,” the HBO Max comedy series that premiered last month starring Rhys Darby as the blundering gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as the fearsome Blackbeard,…