James Delingpole James Delingpole

Thank God for the Game of Thrones imp – and the heaving breasts

James Delingpole sees dwarf Tyrion Lannister as a touchstone of humanity in an otherwise savage world

Facing his greatest challenge yet: Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy] 
issue 17 May 2014

Which character are you in Game of Thrones? For me it’s got to be the imp, Tyrion Lannister. As Ed West suggested in his erudite Speccie article a few weeks ago, Tyrion is about the only character with a vaguely sympathetic 21st-century mindset as opposed to a ruthlessly pragmatic medieval one.

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