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Millions of people around the world will be watching as Charles is crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. And it’s fair to say that a huge number of them could claim some degree of kinship with the new monarch as distant cousins at least. It’s…

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 celebration of the double Booker winner’s life will include tributes and readings from her work with a limited number of tickets available for the general public

6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022The actor, who played Thomas Cromwell in the stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, on the writer whose genius was matched by her openness

During the pandemic, reading took on new meaning. People turned to books for comfort. Some read to confront difficult issues, especially following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Others used reading as a way to care for their children in locked-down houses.

Novelist was the first British writer – and the first woman – to win the Booker Prize twice

The actor discusses his new drama at the London film festival, being starstruck by Meryl Streep – and the best way to take environmental action

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The shining stream of writing from Hilary Mantel has come to an end. But we are left with a rich body of writing to relish and revisit.