Two screenshots one above the other. The top is from the original Mean Girls film. The PE teacher is standing in front of a black board on which is written "Safe Sex" and he is pointing at the camera. The captions read "Don't have sex. Because you will get pregnant and die." The bottom screenshot is from the Mirror and the Light and shows Thomas Cromwell walking alongside the duke of Suffolk. The caption reads "Then you die."

A year since the first episode of the Mirror and the Light broadcast in the UK and the duke of Suffolk "marry a witch and your member will shrivel...and then you die" is still giving the PE teacher in Mean Girls vibes. #themirrorandthelight #meangirls

My Top 3 August 2025 Reads I read nine books in August, thanks to a long month and the motivation of the 20 Books of Summer 2025 reading challenge (although I still fell short of the target I set myself). Although it was a cracking month overall, here are the three books I enjoyed the most. Links from each title will take you to my review.

My Top 3 August 2025 Reads #TheMirrorAndTheLight #LionHearts #EvilInHighPlaces #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

a man wearing a black hat is holding a black object in his hands Alt: Thomas Cromwell wears a black hat and smiles at a black kitten held in his hands

Finally got round to watching #TheMirrorandtheLight
One episode to go!
I would rather have been a peasant than a member of Henry's court.
Lets remember this Cromwell...

I am watching the series finale of #WolfHallPBS #TheMirrorAndTheLight right now on #Masterpiece! What an incredible show from beginning to end!

#WolfHall #MasterpiecePBS #PBS #HistoricalDrama

I am watching tonight's all new episode of #WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight right now on #Masterpiece!

#WolfHallPBS #MasterpiecePBS #PBS #HistoricalDrama

the worst thing about #WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight is that each episode is not 100 hours long

95% through the audio book, and 3 eps into the @pbs.org masterpiece series. The series is good, but the book is great. So much more detail! #TheMirrorandtheLight #Booksky #TVSky

I am watching tonight's all new episode of #WolfHallPBS #TheMirrorAndTheLight right now on #Masterpiece!

#WolfHall #MasterpiecePBS #PBS #HistoricalDrama

In which I talk about the duke of Norfolk... I think they edited out some of my harsher comments on him!

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#tudors #tudorhistory #themirrorandthelight #wolfhall #thomascromwell #hilarymantel #historicaldrama

Cromwell is a straight-up thug. #themirrorandthelight

Bar chart showing large increase in views and visitors on March 24th

Even if I didn't know it was coming, my blog stats would suggest that the Mirror and the Light has started broadcasting in the US.... #blog #themirrorandthelight #tudors #blogging

The actress Lilet Lesser, who plays Princess Mary in the third installment of the Wolf Hall series, is stunning. #WolfHall #TheMirrorAndTheLight #filmsky #tvsky

I am watching the season premiere of #WolfHallPBS #TheMirrorAndTheLight right now on #Masterpiece! I AM READY!!!

#WolfHall #MasterpiecePBS #PBS

Never been on board with Hilary Mantel's Cromwell love, but I'm watching #TheMirrorAndTheLight anyway. #WolfHallPBS

The thing I’ve been looking forward to for almost ten years (!!) happens tonight: another six episodes of Mark Rylance having chats #wolfhall #themirrorandthelight

WOLF HALL Season 2 (The Mirror and the Light) - Trailer, Clips, Featurette, Images and Poster Trailer, clips, featurette, images and poster for the second and final season of WOLF HALL (The Mirror and the Light)

The second and final season of WOLF HALL (The Mirror and the Light) premieres today on PBS. Trailer, clips, featurette, images and poster here:

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#tvseries #Pbs #wolfhall #themirrorandthelight #markrylance #damianlewis #history

Today’s the day that #thomascromwell and friends make it over the Atlantic! To whet your appetites, here’s a piece I contributed to about #themirrorandthelight www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Tracy Borman OBE @TracyBorman

Ahead of the US release of #themirrorandthelight
@PBS
I was delighted to contribute to this thought-provoking piece in @smithsonianmagazine about #thomascromwell in fact and fiction smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
@HodderBooks

The Real Story Behind 'Wolf Hall' and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Most Controversial Adviser Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles the last four years of the statesman's life

Ahead of the US release of #themirrorandthelight @pbs I was delighted to contribute to this thought-provoking piece in @smithsonianmagazine about #thomascromwell in fact and fiction www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

I finished #TheMirrorandTheLight awhile back, and Hilary Mantel was a genius. #nuffsaid #WolfHallPBS

I'm getting to the end of #TheMirrorandtheLight and it is written so beautifully that it's breaking my heart and making me forget Cromwell's attrocities against the monasteries and all the people he had killed, chief among them Anne Boleyn.

'Als Henry de spiegel is, is hij Cromwell, de bleke toneelspeler die zelf geen luister verspreidt, maar rondgaat in weerspiegeld licht. Zodra het licht zich verplaatst is hij verdwenen.' #HilaryMantel #Leestip #ThemirrorandtheLight

Since watching BBC’s Wolf Hall & The Mirror and the Light, has anyone else been obsessed with the soundtrack? Beautiful! It’s been going on my head all year so far!

#wolfhall #themirrorandthelight #tudor #thomascromwell #henryIII #sountrack

Just finished watching #TheMirrorAndTheLight. Magnificent. Loved the books, adored the plays and the TV series was just as brilliant. #MarkRylance as Cromwell was compelling

I think I need counselling after finishing The Mirror and the Light #TheMirrorandtheLight #WolfHall #HilaryMantel

Sad to be leaving this world soon. Another astonishing read, beautifully, profoundly moving, at times very upsetting. A novel that takes no prisoners (in more ways than one) demands you wake up, but rewards richly, deeply, endlessly... #TheMirrorandtheLight #HilaryMantel