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The joy of trivia: ‘We wrote our book together to intrigue each other’

After midlife burnout came a rediscovered curiosity for two friends and writers

The Guardian - UK

20 amazing non-Christmassy TV shows to watch over the festive season

Looking for some inspiration during the holidays (with no tinsel in sight)? We’ve got you sorted

Evening Standard

Breaking the mould: jelly goes from children’s favourite to star food

Top chefs and celebrities are embracing the humble jelly, with supermarkets reporting sharp rise in sales

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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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How Wolf Hall lifted the King’s spirits during cancer treatment – and the racy series Camilla can’t stop watching

Tudor drama follows stories in the court of Charles’ predecessor King Henry VIII

The Independent UK

Surprising facts about royal residences - from unexpected décor and secret rooms to interesting guests

With centuries of history and tradition governing their very existences, it's no surprise that the royal residences are almost as fascinating as the family themselves

Woman & Home

Wolf Hall: BBC viewers praise ‘superb’ season finale of the ‘masterpiece’ historical drama

‘Mark Rylance was made for the role of Cromwell,’ one viewer said

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Jude Law: ‘The persona built on stuff written about me is not me, it’s this other guy’

The actor on 90s nostalgia, how exhaustion helped with his latest role, and his guilt at revealing the truth about Christmas classic The Holiday

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.

Tom’s Guide

Nest Farmhouse, King’s Lynn: Brilliant, but just shy of exceptional

TOP TABLES: The North Norfolk outpost from the team behind St Barts and Nest delivers inventive farm-to-plate dining and cosy charm, but a few tweaks could elevate it to greatness, says Lilly Subbotin

The Independent UK

The most popular Alexa questions of 2024 have left me worried about the state of humanity

A peek inside the strange minds of UK-based Alexa users

TechRadar

‘What does AI mean?’: Amazon reveals UK’s most asked Alexa questions of 2024

From football to food to Taylor Swift, many of the most common subjects were what you expect – but others less so

The Guardian - UK

Jude Law jokes his wife forgot he was attractive

Jude Law has admitted his wife wasn't a fan of the beard and moustache he had to grow for recent roles.

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It’s too late to halt the climate crisis

Letters: Nature is going to solve the problem by eliminating the modern human

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Not just dessert: how sweet potato pie became a tool of Black American resistance

From the civil rights movement to the killing of Michael Brown, the deep orange dish has gained cultural power in the US – and comforted generations of Black families

The Guardian - UK

A caring Thomas Cromwell makes good TV, but beware the ‘yes’ men who enable tyrants

Mark Rylance’s sensitive portrayal blinds us to the lessons Henry VIII’s righthand man could offer for Donald Trump 2.0

The Independent UK

Virat Kohli’s decline leaves India pondering unthinkable question ahead of Australia series

The once-great batter has made just two Test centuries since the end of 2019 as scrutiny grows on his continued place in the India side ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

The Guardian - UK

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 Guardian - UK

After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor

Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr

The Guardian - UK

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

The Tudor effect: the English historic houses profiting from Wolf Hall

An increasing interest in Henry VIII and the new BBC drama about his reign have boosted visitor numbers for castles and palaces used as filming locations and connected to the king

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New on Hulu November 16-22: our expert's picks for 6 TV shows and movies coming to Hulu this week

Picks for the best new TV shows and movies on Hulu this week include recent hit movies and a big time comedian debuts a new stand-up special.

Evening Standard

'It's got a warm feel to it': Oxfordshire manor once owned by Anne of Cleves for sale for £3.75m

Broughton Hall is said to have been given to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce settlement from Henry VIII in 1540

The Conversation

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…

The Conversation

Paddington III, Gladiator II, and the end of the world – what to watch, read and do this week

Get the popcorn out! Two big blockbusters hit cinemas this week: the warm and cuddly Paddington III and the big and muscly Gladiator II. Much like the Barbenheimer face-off of summer 2023, behold now the winter of Gladdington 2024.

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