In the culmination of the Hilary Mantel adaptation, Mark Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell becomes a more poignant figure, weighed ...

Elton, professor of history at the University of Cambridge, upended the field with this book, proclaiming Thomas Cromwell “the most remarkable revolutionary in English history.” Elton argued that ...

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The Booker Prize finalist's latest novel pays homage to the blood and guts that were spilled during railway construction.

S quare foot for square foot, the Frick has the densest concentration of masterpieces in America, installed alongside decorative objects in gloriously stuffy interiors. The art hi ...

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Six costumes worn by the stars of the BBC TV drama Wolf Hall have gone on display at one of the locations used for filming.