No one is likely to have missed the fact that, in eight days’ time, season 4 of Game of Thrones begins. That’s because HBO’s adaptation of George R R Martin’s fantasy series has grown into the television event to end them all, generating the kind of hype that most Hollywood blockbusters can only dream of. But why has it slayed popular culture so? Here, we present the greatness of Game of Thrones, from A to Z.
