Why Hilary Mantel's Mary Bennet would have been a riot
When she died, the novelist was working on a book in Mary’s voice. Forget Thomas Cromwell – this bullied midwit would have been ideal fodder
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When she died, the novelist was working on a book in Mary’s voice. Forget Thomas Cromwell – this bullied midwit would have been ideal fodder
Kirsty from the Production team is counting down her top 10 best books to read for Valentine's Day to get you into the spirit.
I’m coming around to Bridgerton, Netflix’s opulent bonkbuster set in Regency England. It’s best compared to an episode of Hollyoaks directed by Baz Luhrmann, with unfeasibly gorgeous people copping off in interesting settings; in a field, on an ornate staircase, suspended on a ladder in the library, as you do. It is all wonderfully anachronistic, featuring improbable HR-speak (characters say things like “circling back”) and a revival of the crank theory that Queen Charlotte was actually mixed-race. But who cares? It’s escapist fun - and scarcely feigned documentary realism in th...