game of thrones

Dog charity braced for influx of ‘wolf lookalike’ breeds

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, is bracing itself for an influx of ‘wolf lookalike’ breeds following the start of series five of the popular Games of Thrones.

In 2014, Dogs Trust took in 175 Huskies and 35 Malamutes, across their 20 Rehoming Centres in the UK, meaning that the number of these breeds taken in by the charity has more than tripled in the past four years...

Talk: The Art of Inventing Languages

David J. Peterson, creator of the Dothraki language for Game of Thrones

Fri 24 February 20:00 Jill Craigie Cinema, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised

One of the world’s most famous language creators, David J. Peterson created the Dothraki languag, for HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones and a language for the Walt Disney film Thor: The Dark World. This talk will introduce what is involved in the creation of an authentic, naturalistic language such as Dothraki and the language created for Eduardo Reck Miranda’s vocal composition Vōv. Part of the Peninsula...