Category: Print Media
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How Wolf Hall’s Costume Designer Dressed King Henry’s Court
– From Deadly Doublets to Tudor Fetish Gear – by Ben Jureidini | Tatler | November 27, 2024 In the world of Wolf Hall, what you wear is a matter of life and death. Take the opening scene of The Mirror and the Light, the BBC’s highly anticipated adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s final novel. Claire Foy’s Anne…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Recap – Episode 3 Defiance
– Cromwell: The Most Eligible Bachelor – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 25, 2024 “The Rebels demand that “vile blood” be drained from the Council. It’s your blood, I imagine.” – Imperial Ambassador Eustache Chapuys The talk of the court is suitors, marriages, pregnancies, heirs, newborns and children in this…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 3 Review – Defiance
– Henry’s Love is a Dangerous Thing – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | November 24, 2024 Henry’s love is a dangerous thing. The protection it brings is equalled only by the threat that comes with its removal. Wolsey learned that. So did Anne Boleyn. Jane Seymour was beginning to learn it before pregnancy…
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Review: BBC’s Wolf Hall, Filmed in Wells, Somerset
– A Royal Performance of Confined Aggression – by Harry Mockridge | Somerset County Gazette | November 22, 2024 Four and Half Stars out of Five A NEW series has been released on BBC – but is it any good? Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer and gives viewers…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Recap – Episode 2 Obedience
– The King Never Does an Unpleasant Thing – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 18, 2024 “The King never does an unpleasant thing. Lord Cromwell does it for him.” — Queen Jane Episode 2 Obedience opens with a refresher from the first series reminding us of Cardinal Wolsey’s fall. When…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 2 Review – Obedience
– Wriggling Free of Henry’s Noose – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | November 17, 2024 If only Hilary Mantel had lived 10 lifetimes, she might have rehabilitated 10 other historical figures as skillfully as she did Thomas Cromwell. Mantel overwrote history’s shorthand for Cromwell, transforming him from a venal brute into a flesh-and-blood man…
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Wolf Hall Music: Debbie Wiseman is Influenced by the Past, But Not Constrained by It
– The Soundworld of Wolf Hall – by Florence Lockheart | Classical Music | November 12, 2024 The first episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the hotly anticipated sequel to the BBC’s 2014 dramatisation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel, premiered earlier this week. British composer Debbie Wiseman, who created the show’s famous…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light Recap – Episode 1 Wreckage
– Henry’s Paranoia Reaches New Heights – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 11, 2024 “So, good Privy Seal, as you love me and love my service, you will bring this matter to a conclusion.” – Henry VIII I have said it before and will say it again. Wolf Hall is…