Rather than acting as a tool to unearth the fragility of the human psyche, the effect is the equivalent to Dirty Dancing if Johnny Castle was crippled by, say, Tourette syndrome.
Not far from the castle, Portuondo sits in a cafe, eating a croissant and reminiscing – about performing with Nat King Cole, and touring the world as a solo artist.
The dramatic progress in Northern Ireland, which saw the establishment of the first enduring power-sharing executive led by the DUP and Sinn Féin in 2007, was highlighted when the former IRA commander and Sinn Féin deputy first minister Martin McGuinness was due to attend a state banquet in honour of Higgins at Windsor Castle on Tuesday night.
Certainly, the greenlighting of The Man in the High Castle, an adaptation of Philip K Dick's speculative history novel exec-produced by Ridley Scott, will come as no surprise to anyone who has viewed all of the most recent batch of pilots.
The everything store has taken customer feedback and ordered full series of five shows from their latest pilot season, including three adult series – The Man in the High Castle, Mad Dogs and The New Yorker Presents – and two kids series – Just Add Magic and The Stinky and Dirty Show.
The genuine enthusiasm for the Queen's speech at Dublin Castle, which signalled a new era in Anglo-Irish relations, has been dampened today by news of the death of Dr Garret FitzGerald.
Many of the spots chosen for Peace Camp – including Dunstanburgh Castle, built in the 14th century and set about with gun emplacements and a minefield in the second world war – have a history of militarisation.
Armstrong observed: "Given the threat assessment, I think we should rule out staying the night in Ireland and rule out the use of Ashford Castle or Dromoland Castle.
Before the era of laser theodolites and mobile computing, he depended on endless manual measurements that started respectively from the door of the Old Kirk at Bo'ness and Blair Castle, Culross – both known Ordinance Survey benchmarks.
"Anybody with pre-booked tickets for Alton Towers tomorrow will be able to visit Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, Warwick Castle or Legoland Windsor as an alternative".
After talks with the Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, at Hillsborough Castle on Wednesday night, Robinson also claimed that some of the 187 IRA on-the-runs wanted by police for Troubles-related crimes had been given royal pardons, effectively granting them amnesties.
