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British author Hilary Mantel, best know for her Wolf Hall trilogy, has died at the age of 70. U.K. newspaper The Telegraph reported that she died “suddenly yet peacefully.” Publishing giant HarperCollins said that “bestselling author Dame Hilary Mantel DBE died suddenly yet peacefully yesterday, surrounded by close family and friends, aged 70.” It added: “Hilary Mantel was one of the greatest English novelists of this century and her beloved works are considered modern classics. She will be…

The death of Dame Hilary Mantel brings an end to one of the most remarkable literary careers of the last half century. Her great historical trilogy, Wolf Hall, earned her two Booker prizes, dominating the cultural landscape of the early 21st century – on page, stage and television – for almost as long as her protagonist, Thomas Cromwell, reigned over the political one of the 16th.She gave readers permission to look afresh at this most overworked period of history: not only at Cromwell himself, who was previously mainly…

Dame Hilary Mantel, who has died suddenly aged 70 after suffering a stroke, was the first female author to win the Booker prize twice, which she did for the first two volumes in her epic trilogy of the life of Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall (2010) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012). The novels, which collectively weigh in at about 2,000 pages, have sold 5m copies worldwide, were made into an acclaimed BBC series (2015) staring Mark Rylance, and adapted by Mantel herself for the RSC stage version (2014), a process that she loved.…

Anne Enright. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PAAnne Enright: ‘She bristled with intelligence’Irish writer best known for her Booker prize-winning novel The GatheringHilary Mantel recently spent time in west Cork where she had acquired a house. It was her intention to reclaim her European citizenship by way of the Irish passport to which she was entitled. There were times in her life when her Irish ancestry was less important to her, but after the Brexit referendum it had become central again.Mantel grew up in a pocket of…

The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Dame Hilary Mantel, has died aged 70, her publisher HarperCollins has confirmed.Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest English novelists of this century, winning the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, which also won the 2012 Costa Book of the Year.The conclusion to her ground-breaking Wolf Hall Trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, was published in 2020 to huge critical acclaim, an instant Sunday Times bestseller and…

Hilary Duff said she would love to collaborate with Jonas Brothers. In a new interview, the American singer-actor also said she and her husband Matthew Koma are friendly with not only the band, which includes Nick Jonas, but also with Priyanka Chopra. Hilary spoke about how Matthew was ‘actually very good friends with Priyanka’, who is married to Nick. Read more: Priyanka Chopra rests her head on Nick Jonas' shoulder as they soak in Lake Tahoe's beautyHilary said she would love to team up with Jonas Brothers, the band…

Bernardine EvaristoMore Fiya: A New Collection of Black British Poetry, edited by Kayo Chingonyi, brings together a wonderful array of outstanding poets whose linguistic flair and wide-ranging perspectives excite, inspire and challenge in equal measure. As a companion, Canongate is also republishing the 1998 anthology The Fire People: A Collection of British Black and Asian Poetry, edited by Lemn Sissay.Hilary MantelA novel featuring the young Joseph Stalin might not sound like summer entertainment, but Stephen May’s Sell…

Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images Hilary Swank is not only a two-time Oscar-winner, but her reputation for rescuing dogs is apparently so prolific that lost pooches simply come to her now. That is what appeared to be the case, anyway, when a one-in-a-million turn of events brought a heartbroken dog owner looking for her dachshund in Albany, New York, to the set of a movie. Chelsea Blackwell’s dog, Blue, disappeared Monday, setting off a search from the upset owner, Associated Press reported. But when Blackwell…