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TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius

Sweeping dramas set in days of yore are everywhere. But which are some of the finest television ever created? And which are little more than an excuse to show naked backsides?

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Sir Ian McKellen and Sienna Miller among acting stars in Wimbledon Royal Box

Lord of the Rings actor Sir Ian used binoculars to get a better view of the action.

Evening Standard

Netflix claims levies ‘penalise audiences’ in response to culture committee

It has been recommended streamers commit to paying 5% of their UK subscriber revenue into a cultural fund.

Evening Standard

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light sequel premieres on PBS tonight

A decade after the first installment, Wolf Hall: The Mirror returns with stars Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis

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Mark Rylance took significant pay cut to get final Wolf Hall made – director

The BBC drama, based on Dame Hilary Mantel’s final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light.

Evening Standard

Wolf Hall: Princess Mary was not so alone in her fight against her father, Henry VIII, as the TV series would like you to believe

The hotly anticipated second series of the late Hilary Mantell’s Wolf Hall trilogy has finally hit our screens, nearly ten years after the first. The six episodes adapt the trilogy’s last book, The Mirror and the Light, and cover the years from the execution of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne…

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Mark Rylance’s titanic Tudor drama is the best TV you’ll see all year

The cast are so incredible that even the bit parts feel like stars of the future. Peter Kosminsky’s rich, clever adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels needs to be plunged into without distraction

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light: which actors are playing famous characters from history?

Time to brush up on your half-remembered knowledge of Tudor history

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

Shardlake on Disney+ review: Arthur Hughes is magnetic in this Tudor murder mystery

Move over Wolf Hall, there’s a new Tudor drama in town

Evening Standard

Conversing with the 'restless dead' – a posthumous collection of Hilary Mantel's writing illuminates her singular literary achievement

Hilary Mantel’s writing career falls neatly into two periods: before and after Wolf Hall.

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40 best books to read before you die, from Great Expectations to Wolf Hall

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

Hilary Mantel: her 10 greatest books

Though she was best known for her Wolf Hall triology, the late author’s sparkling oeuvre encompassed essays and memoir as well as novels

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‘The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write’: Hilary Mantel in her own words

The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy has died aged 70. Here are some of her best quotes on writing, illness, the monarchy and more

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