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Refracted: Thomas Cromwell — whose portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger, himself a character in the trilogy by Hilary Mantel — served as chief minister to King Henry VIII. (Supplied)
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Review: ‘The Mirror & the Light’ or, the fall of Thomas Cromwell

Hilary Mantel’s final volume in the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy is a triumphant end to her depiction of the blacksmith’s boy who became the king of England’s right-hand man

  • Theresa Mallinson
8 min read
BARNEY PELL

Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool

Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established web-search…

  • Eric Auchard
4 min read
ERIC BANA

The other Henry VIII film

<b>NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>The Other Boleyn Girl</i>, starring Natalie Portman.

  • Shaun De Waal
5 min read
HENRY VIII

Paul Scofield, man for all seasons, dead at 86

British actor Paul Scofield, famed for his Oscar-winning portrayal in A Man For All Seasons, has died aged 86 of leukaemia, his agent said on March 20. Agent Rosalind Chatto said…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read