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I went to Hilary Mantel’s memorial service at Southwark Cathedral last week. Sir Mark Rylance and Ben Miles, who both played her hero Thomas Cromwell, did readings and there were memories from her friends and family. Two things emerged: Mantel the feminist and Mantel the muse. They are the same…

The British writer was best known for the Wolf Hall trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell, which won two Booker prizes.

An updated TV version of a cinema classic was the high point in a fantastic year for sports media.

Open letter signed by Emma Thompson, Mark Rylance and Steve McQueen expresses outrage at Oscar winner’s arrest

Luca Guadagnino’s follow-up to ‘Suspiria’ is as beautiful as it is ugly

No one does "mild-mannered guy who seems friendly but does this thing that suggests he'd like to slice off your tongue and use it as a coaster" better than Mark Rylance.

Francesco Montanari plays an agent whose goal is to claw his way to the top in The Great Game. Plus: QI reveals the strange habits and intimate anatomy of tapirs. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Call Me By Your Name director on his new film about teenage cannibals falling in love, ​the view that it’s his most personal work, and why Italy is a very scary farce

Florence Pugh plays a nurse sent to moniter a girl who hasn’t eaten for four months in a stunning historical thriller, while Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds bring the festive fun with their Christmas Carol remix