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Trollope is still popular so why was interest in his bicentenary so patchy? Perhaps because mainstream fans lean to the right while his academic champions lean to the left

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If Downton Abbey is going to end on a high, the revolution will need to be bloody

Three shows into season six and Downton is in a rut - it’s time for a change

Television: Selfies on steroids – the strange appeal of ‘Connected’

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Freyne goes Downton

Patrick Freyne anticipates the new series of Downton Abbey which starts on Sunday

Shiny floor shows put gloss on outlook for TV3

The group has renewed its deal to show ‘The X Factor’. But what else does its future hold?

Television: All filler, no killer as ‘Love/Hate’ runs out of ammunition

It started off with a bang and a cat killing, but it looks as if RTÉ’s biggest drama has used up its nine lives. At least ‘Downton Abbey’ has given up all pretence of making any sense

Allen Leech makes the move from Downton to Tinseltown

The smash success of Downtown Abbey has made Allen Leech a household face, if not quite a name to remember yet. Now, with a scene-stealing role in new Irish horror film In Fear, the Killiney-born actor’s career is definitely looking up

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