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The Mirror and the Light: the series takes Hilary Mantel’s manifesto for historical fiction to heart

“Talk to me before you believe anything!”, Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance) tells his monarch and master Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis) in a pivotal scene in the penultimate episode of the BBC adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, the 900-page third act in Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed…

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There’s nothing meek or mild about childbirth: why have male artists sanitised the Virgin Mary?

She may be the most painted woman in history, almost always portrayed as subservient, pure, chaste – and never actually giving birth. Thank goodness female artists like Paula Rego and Esther Strauss provided a reality check

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' season and series finale online from anywhere

The final episode of the final season of the BBC's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" novels is here. Here's how to watch the season and series finale from anywhere in the world.

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The Tudor revolution shaped today’s world

Letters: Dr Roger van Zwanenberg on the resonance that the upheavals of the late 15th and 16th centuries have today

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The week in TV: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light; Bad Sisters; Immigration: How British Politics Failed; The Penguin – review

Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis return with added candlelight; Bad Sisters cranks up the chaos; and a valiant look at UK immigration is marred by Farage. Plus, a jaw-dropping late twist for The Penguin

The Guardian - UK

‘Uniquely qualified’: Elizabeth Jane Howard’s niece to continue her Cazalet Chronicles novels

Novelist Louisa Young will write the sixth, seventh and eighth books in a move that ‘will thrill existing readers’

The Guardian - UK

The Mirror and the Light: crisis of sovereignty and national identity makes a rich stage for the present

After a gap of nine years, Wolf Hall returned to our screens this week with a second series based on the last of the late Hilary Mantel’s trilogy of historical novels, The Mirror and the Light. Almost a decade may have elapsed off screen, but on screen the continuation is…

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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors?

England has long adopted the version of events informed by the Victorians’ biases and neuroses. But what is behind the flood of 21st-century retellings, including the new TV series The Mirror and the Light?

The Guardian - UK

Wolf Hall: BBC viewers celebrate as acclaimed drama returns after nine years

Fans have been waiting for series comeback since 2015

The Independent UK

Wolf Hall producer issues savage criticism of Rivals

Producer said he would not want to make a series like the recent Hulu-Disney+ hit

The Independent UK

TV tonight: the final part of Hilary Mantel’s beloved Tudor trilogy

Mark Rylance returns in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Plus: an essential documentary about what happened after the 7/7 bombings. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' online from anywhere – stream new episodes weekly

The final season of the BBC's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's trilogy of historical novels is here. Here's how to watch "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" from anywhere in the world.

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on BBC One review – Mark Rylance is utterly magnetic

5/5 Strong performances and complex characters continue to make this series a must-watch

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Riveting, dynamic and bloody good fun – Wolf Hall is back after a 10-year wait

4/5 The BBC’s starry adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels returns for a second season, with Mark Rylance reprising his role as Thomas Cromwell

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‘She was the only genius I ever met’: Wolf Hall director on making latest instalment without Hilary Mantel

Peter Kosminsky hails novelist behind tale of dark arts in court of Henry VIII as it returns to TV screens after 10 years

The Independent UK

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Who’s who in the cast of the new Hilary Mantel adaptation?

‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Succession’ stars join the cast for the new episodes of the BBC One historical drama

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s going to be much darker’: inside the deadly return of TV masterpiece Wolf Hall

The Tudor epic about a tyrant king and his vengeful, backstabbing entourage is back for its final instalment – and it’s more brutal than ever. We go on set to talk to the Mirror and the Light team about death, dictatorship … and ostriches

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Helen Castor: ‘I’d rather not live in such interesting times’

The British historian on the drama and resonance of the lives of Richard II and Henry VI, the writers she most admires and the book she wishes she had written

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Hilary Mantel was my mentor. Here are seven things she taught me about writing – and life

In 2007, after my manuscript had been rejected for the 44th time, a colleague offered to introduce me to a published novelist. It turned out to be Mantel – and I was fortunate enough to soak up her wisdom for the next 15 years

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I feel deep sympathy for Kate and I’m glad she’s better. But this dance with the media devil won’t work

A woman emerging from chemotherapy feels obliged to be filmed in a wheatfield to appease the public, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Autumn culture guide 2024: From Sally Rooney’s new novel to Jilly Cooper’s Rivals on screen

From the novels everyone will be talking about to the starriest West End productions, here’s your guide to the coming season’s cultural highlights, as picked by our writers

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A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel audiobook review – preoccupations of a vibrant mind

Actor Lydia Leonard and novelist Anne Enright are among the narrators of the Wolf Hall author’s engaging essays on Madonna, Jane Austen and Princess Diana

The Guardian - UK

Long Island by Colm Tóibín review – happy ever after?

The Irish novelist is at the height of his powers with a sequel to Brooklyn, set twenty years later