It is a measure of the original work’s quality and its excellent adaptation to TV that historical revisionism remains central ...

The Mirror and the Light Episode 5? The answer comes at you like a hammer blow—Thomas Cromwell, once the indomitable support ...

In the United States, sovereignty is held by the people, who elect a government and have every right to be kept fully and ...

The Mirror and the Light, which initially debuted in the UK in December 2024, will premiere its finale (Episode 6) in the US on April 27, 2025.

Being a storyteller is just fine with the journalist turned historian. “The Fate of the Day,” the second volume in his ...

Her beheading was a ghastly sight, shocking even to the man who had done much to bring it about—the King’s adviser Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), who used threats of ruin and torture to drum ...

Thomas Cromwell, a prominent figure in King Henry VIII’s reign, doesn’t often get the spotlight in history books. That’s the appeal of both Wolf Hall series, including the Hilary Mantel book ...

We find throughout history that there have been rulers we laugh at and rulers we respect. There are some who surprise us with ...

The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working ...

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on MASTERPIECE on PBS In Episode 3 of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, a rebellion in the north is on the attack ...

He also portrayed the Duke of Norfolk in the hit BBC Two series Wolf Hall, following the life of Thomas Cromwell, the principal adviser to Henry VIII. Spall said: “I thought it was a shoo-in for ...

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light brings the rest of Thomas Cromwell’s story after the fall of Anne Boleyn. We’ve seen Cromwell’s rise to power, and now it’s time to see his fall.