The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels
My earliest reading memory
The headteacher in my village primary s…
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Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith review – essays for an age of anxiety ⊕
From cultural appropriation to gender, Smith nails the politics of creativity. But on actual politics, she is less assured
Accepting a literary prize in Ohio last year, the novelist Zadie Smith descri…
6 months ago
Hilary Mantel championed emerging writers - a new prize in her memory will help them get published ○
Judged by Maggie O’Farrell, Ben Miles and Chigozie Obioma, the Hilary Mantel prize for fiction will recognise emerging talent, and pay tribute to the Wolf Hall author’s legacy
A few months after Hilar…
12 months ago
‘Everybody does it’: Why we all love a good gossip, from The White Lotus, to books and podcasts ○
Sharing secrets is a natural human instinct – and the boom in audio is providing new platforms for the juiciest stories
In the latest series of The White Lotus, childhood best friends Laurie, Kate and…
13 months ago
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Thomas More is depicted very differently in Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons and Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. Which is closest to the truth? ○
Depictions of Sir Thomas More in these works (pictured, Martin Shaw as More in Robert Bolt's play) are very different, taking contrasting views of his character, beliefs and historical role.
14 months ago
Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel left her entire £4million fortune to her husband in her will following her death aged 70 ○
The historical novelist died suddenly of a stroke in September, 2022, aged 70, having amassed a fortune of £4,677,327, later reduced to a net sum of £4.182,353.
15 months ago
Wolf Hall house that stood in for Hampton Court Palace in the hit BBC drama could be yours for £2.5million ○
When the creators of Wolf Hall, the hit TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical novels, needed to recreate Hampton Court Palace, one of the houses they turned to was Barrow Court in Somerset.
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