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Seaside town called ‘heaven’ exposed at heart of worldwide drug plot | UK | News

Seaside town called ‘heaven’ exposed at heart of worldwide drug plot | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

This beautiful little town was exposed as being at the centre of a drug-smuggling ring (Image: John Myers) It’s known by people who live there as “the town of heaven” which offers “everything you could possibly want”. Not only is there scenic beauty with mountains, beaches and the sea all around but within the town itself there’s a thriving high street and people move here for the lifestyle as much as the chance to make a living. But Newport, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, was once at the heart of a drug-smuggling ring that is remarkable even by today’s standards — involving hidden underground chambers, Rolls Royce cars, speedboats, suitcases of cash in off-shore banks and “the man with the rubber face”. The plot, which sounds more at home in a James Bond film than one of the most rural settings in Britain, started in 1983 when some villagers noticed strangers in the area paying for drinks in the local pubs with £50 notes. It turned into an investigation into a worldwide drug-trafficking operation. Even …

Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven | Games

Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven | Games

Published by Sam Flores

There’s been a trend for a while where familiar puzzle game genres are imbued with novel stories to give them depth and meaning beyond simply clearing a screen for points. Occult object sorter Strange Horticulture and historical romance card game Regency Solitaire are lovely examples, and now here’s Mythmatch, a match-three game in the style of Candy Crush or Bejeweled that’s also a warming tale of friendship and community set in a small town in ancient Greece. Interspersed with cerebral challenges are dialogue scenes with villagers and with gods which accentuate each other and give little clues that are picked up later, making this both puzzle game and communal oral drama. You play as Artemis, the immortal daughter of Zeus, who is tired of getting overlooked for plum jobs in favour of her oafish brother Apollo (brilliantly portrayed as an insufferable proto-tech bro). When the role of God of the Hunt comes up, she applies, but finds she must first earn favour with a council of her elders on Mount Olympus, and they all have …

Read Irish-Set Mysteries After Watching How to Get to Heaven From Belfast

Read Irish-Set Mysteries After Watching How to Get to Heaven From Belfast

Published by Jenni Sidey

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Netflix’s new crime series How to Get to Heaven From Belfast is a laugh-out-loud, fast talking, Irish crime series that reunites high school friends for a mystery when one of their own dies. It’s a perfect watch for fans of Derry Girls (Netflix) and Bad Sisters (Apple TV). I will always pick up a crime novel that is set in Ireland and I hope this show will inspire more. If you’ve watched the Netflix series—or just want an Irish setting for a mystery and thriller read—I’ve got some Irish set novels that blend parts of the show, from complicated friendships to procedurals focused on past crimes. Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose If you want more past and present storylines and complicated friendships! Ciara Dunphy lives in a village near Dublin, Ireland and comes off as the woman people envy. But of course “having it all” is never the reality. She’s found dead after a “fall” down the stairs …

Why Jung Kook and Hublot Are a Match Made in Watch Heaven

Why Jung Kook and Hublot Are a Match Made in Watch Heaven

Published by Jenni Sidey

Jung Kook has a lot on his plate right now. As a member of BTS—who recently graced the cover of GQ’s March issue—he’s in the midst of one of the most anticipated reunions in the history of pop music. The band’s fifth studio album, Arirang, their first release since 2022, drops on March 20. Their first reunion show is the next day, followed by a Netflix documentary dropping on March 27, ahead of an 80-plus-date world tour in April. One wouldn’t blame Jung Kook for taking things slowly in the lead-up to a whirlwind like that. Instead, he’s packing his schedule out even more, launching his first campaign as the newest global ambassador for Hublot. For the uninitiated, Hublot is a Swiss luxury watch brand founded in 1980. While its look has evolved significantly since those early days, the brand’s debut timepiece—whose porthole-inspired design was the first to combine a gold case with a rubber strap—remains one of the more underrated greats of 1970s watch design. Hublot is still in its infancy compared to titans …

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast ending explained | What happened to Greta?

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast ending explained | What happened to Greta?

Published by Daniella Wilson

*Warning: This article contains full spoilers for the final episode of How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.* Lisa McGee, best known for her comedy Derry Girls, is back with another TV series – and this time it’s a murder-mystery thriller. Starring a host of Irish talent, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast followed the adventures of Saoirse (Roísín Gallagher), Robyn (Sinéad Keenan) and Dara (Caoilfhionn Dunne) as they reunited after the news of their former friend Greta’s (Natasha O’Keeffe) death. After deciding that Greta’s death looked suspicious, the trio embarked on an adventure to uncover the truth, and they were soon confronted with memories – and familiar faces – from the past. It soon became apparent at the end of the first episode that Greta was in fact alive and over the course of the episodes, we’ve seen how she’s been seemingly kidnapped and a wider plot is at play. With the trio intent on finding out the truth about Greta while also trying to get answers about their past, how did the …

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cast | Where you’ve seen them before

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cast | Where you’ve seen them before

Published by Daniella Wilson

The creator of Derry Girls, Lisa McGee, has returned with another TV series – and she’s assembled some familiar faces to do so. The new Netflix comedy-thriller, which is titled How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, revolves around three friends who are brought together for an Odyssey across Ireland and beyond after learning that one of their childhood friends has died. Derry Girls stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Sinéad Keenan appear in the cast, as well as other Irish talent including Roísín Gallagher. But who else stars and what have you seen them in before? Read on to find out about the cast of How to Get to Heaven from Belfast. How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cast: Where you’ve seen them before The full cast list for How to Get to Heaven from Belfast is below. Scroll on to find out more about the main characters, plus where you may have seen the actors previously. Roísín Gallagher as Saoirse Sinéad Keenan as Robyn Caoilfhionn Dunne as Dara Tom Basden as Seb Art Campion …

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cast speak on potential season 2

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast cast speak on potential season 2

Published by Daniella Wilson

Lisa McGee’s latest comedy, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, has landed with a bang on Netflix and while it continues to hold the top spot on the streamer’s charts, fans are left wondering just whether or not it could be returning for more. Things in the final episode were pretty much wrapped up but did leave on quite the ominous cliffhanger, superbly setting up the potential for further episodes. But what are the cast’s hopes for a second season? When chatting exclusively to Radio Times, Caoilfhionn Dunne joked and said that she’d hope for a “different car”. As we know, the trio were often seen trudging across Ireland in search for answers and so, a souped-up vehicle certainly wouldn’t go amiss, we can imagine. How To Get To Heaven From Belfast (L-R) Roisin Gallagher as Saoirse Shaw, Caoilfhionn Dunne as Dara Friel, Sinead Keenan as Robyn Winters. Christopher Barr / Netflix Roísín Gallagher, who plays Saoirse, added: “I would just love to keep telling the story and I really hope that people watch it …

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast Is somehow too much and not enough

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast Is somehow too much and not enough

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to your watchlist It’s hard work following up a seminal series like Derry Girls, and while many may try to draw comparisons between the Channel 4 comedy and Lisa McGee’s glossy new series, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, there are minimal parallels to be drawn. That’s because, rightfully so, this new show is a completely different beast. Not that it was ever in any doubt, but McGee crafts an entirely encompassing and vibrant world in her new series – it’s just that it’s quite befuddling and really rather stressful. The series doesn’t fit neatly into any category box and while How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has been seen to be a comedy, it has elements of a thriller, a mystery drama and also, more surprisingly, a ghost story. It deals in the surreal, while also being grounded in the joyous mundanity of friendship groups and their shifting dynamics as we age. It gives us messy women, complicated lives and avoidant personalities – all …

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast review: A bonkers, brilliant return from the creator of Derry Girls

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast review: A bonkers, brilliant return from the creator of Derry Girls

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter How do you follow up a show like Derry Girls? Over the course of three seasons, Lisa McGee’s comedy, set in her home city during the tail end of the Troubles and laden with semi-autobiographical elements, snowballed from an in-the-know Channel 4 favourite to a near-universally beloved Netflix hit. The five lead characters – four girls and a “wee English fella” – now grace a mural near Derry’s famous city walls, grinning in their green Catholic school uniforms. For her next act, McGee has shifted her focus… 70 miles or so down the road. This time around, she’s still chronicling female friendship, and yes, there are a few flashback scenes that could well have been plucked from her previous show. But although How to Get to Heaven from Belfast might not be all that far from Derry Girls in geographical terms, …

How To Get To Heaven From Belfast Reviews: Critics Hail ‘Hilarious’ Series

How To Get To Heaven From Belfast Reviews: Critics Hail ‘Hilarious’ Series

Published by Sam Flores

The creator of Derry Girls, Lisa McGee, has a new show to cure your February blues. Amid the never-ending rain in the UK, Netflix has released How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, a new comedy crime caper starring Irish actors Roisin Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, and Caoilfhionn Dunne as three childhood friends with a huge skeleton in their closet. The trio of childhood friends is summoned to the eerie fictional village of Knockdara in County Donegal after they learn about the death of their estranged friend, and soon discover that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. This starts the women on an eccentric odyssey through rural Ireland, and their past. Critics are in love with this new crime drama, praising the balance of thrills and comedy. and highlighting the performances from the ensemble cast, which also includes Ardal O’Hanlon, Emmett J. Scanlan and Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson. Here’s a selection of what the critics are saying about How To Get To Heaven From Belfast so far… “It’s all written with McGee’s …