#OTD 6 Mar 1547
#ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley #WolfHall) incurred Regency Council wrath for alleged abuse of his authority placed under house arrest & forced to give up his Lord Chancellor's Great Seal
Or maybe it was simply because of his opposition to #EdwardSeymour as Lord Protector!
Yes, I am as usual very late to the game (I operate in my own time) but #wolfhall is, of course, wonderful! #booksky
TV Shows I've watched this month, January 2026
- #Fallout S2
- The Night Manger S2
- #Foundation S3
- #WonderMan
- #Snowpiercer S4
- #WolfHall: The Mirror and the Light
#WolfHall wins the Golden Tomato for Best Historical Series.
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Author of the Year
The most significant author who died in 2022.
Hilary Mantel (1952-2022)
#AuthorOftheYear
#HilaryMantel
#RIP
#WolfHall
I don’t remember who recommended this.. was it @erinhmoon? @thepopcast @readwithshelfrespect Henry VIII is king and life seems brutal for everyone I have met in chapter 1. #booksky #wolfhall
I've been saving my last two unwatched episodes of #WolfHall season 2 for when I really need them and it looks like today's the day to break the glass on at least one of them.
Mark Rylance’s performance in ep 4 of #WolfHall: The Mirror and the Light might be the best acting I’ve ever seen in my time on Earth.
The funniest part of #WolfHall, besides making Cromwell The Greatest Guy Ever, is every royal woman except Anne Boleyn throwing themselves at him (Princess Mary in S1 E2 made me laugh out loud).
#NerdHumor
Did Mantell have a crush on Cromwell or something?
Lovely. As stylish as the pieces in the game between Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell (The Mirror and the Light, Episode 4 ‘Jenneke’) #Tudor #WolfHall ♟️
From Wolf Hall: English monarch King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis) shares center stage in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" along with stunning historic locations. The king weds Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips) as Archbishop Cranmer (Will Keen) looks on in a scene shot in Somerset's Wells Cathedral.
Currently watching #WolfHall; Mark Rylance has one of the most expressive faces in acting. Damien Lewis must have declined to gain ONE SINGLE OUNCE to play Henry VIII. To match history, the costume designers gave him an enormous, padded, wardrobe that gets bigger with every episode.
Flashback to August when we had a great time compiling clips for Lilit Lesser including footage from #wolfhall and #medusadeluxe #bespokereels #demoreel #showreel
So I am no longer full of snot, paracetamol, and cough syrup but I stand by my vision. Transcendent. Incisive. Very very silly. #wolfhall #meangirls
Killing Robb Stark in #GoT! Whacking Adriana in #TheSopranos! Gunning down Gerry in #BlueLights! Stabbing Ruth in #Spooks! Chopping off Claire Foy's head in #WolfHall! In today's @theguardian.com, I asked five actors about committing TV’s most unforgivable murders www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Killing Robb Stark in #GoT! Whacking Adriana in the woods in #TheSopranos! Gunning down Gerry in #BlueLights! Stabbing Ruth in #Spooks! Chopping off Claire Foy's head in #WolfHall! I asked five actors about what it’s like to commit TV’s most unforgivable murders www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Same rereading books that brought me joy are the best escape. For me, #WolfHall #Outlander all Margaret Atwood and of course #StuartLittle and #CharlottesWeb. When I want to watch and escape it’s always #StarWars marathons because well the Force and Hope.😉
Rainy days inside mean immersing myself in Tudor history: currently reading Wolf Hall, timed by chance with #TheRestHistory series on Elizabeth I. Might watch either Cate Blanchett or Glenda Jackson this weekend in the role to fully drown in it all….. #HilaryMantel #WolfHall
Aye and of course Metropolitan London bubble with its network of private clubs & media feeders of whispers true & mostly otherwise still acts very much in the manner of the old royal court so crucial to the days of King Henry. #WolfHall like 🙂
Sign in the style of the Zohran campaign sign that says the quote from the Wolf Hall trilogy, “And now no more for lack of time”
Presenting the #WolfHall series by #HilaryMantel, one of my favourite authors of all time! It's a historical rags-to-riches story following Thomas Cromwell, a blacksmith's boy turned advisor to the infamous King Henry VIII. The story makes it painfully clear women had no power! #Bookvember #BookSky
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as played by Jonathan Pryce in ‘Wolf Hall.’
#OTD in 1530 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was arrested on charges of treason.
I absolutely adored his character in ‘ #WolfHall.’ 1/3
Original #WolfHall was a masterpiece. #TheMirrorandLight is, comparatively, poor. (Referring to the television series.)
À l'époque de Henri VIII ça se serait fini encore moins bien #WolfHall
Die Darsteller:innen sind durchweg besser als in vergleichbaren Mittelalter-Serien wie #Knightfall oder #TheLastKingdom, aber an das offensichtliche Vorbild #GameofThrones kommt es nie heran. Dann lieber nochmal #WolfHall sehen. Beide Staffeln sind gerade in der arte Mediathek frei verfügbar.
The ghost of Cardinal Wolsey says to Thomas Cromwell "Oh, the age of persuasion has ended, I think."
The ghost of Wolsey continues: "We've entered an age of coercion."
The ghost of Wolsey with a timely observation. #WolfHall
#OTD 4 Oct 1581
Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton died
Son of #ThomasWriothesley (call me Risley.. #WolfHall) & Jane Cheney
Well connected his godparents being #HenryVIII #CharlesBrandon & #MaryTudor
#ElizabethI was his guest at Titchfield Abbey
Henry & his Mother's Tombs
#elizabethan
From my vast expertise derived from #WolfHall historical fiction by #HilaryMantel and wikipedia: yes to all 3.
🐺 We have all of the wonderful Wolf Hall books on our shelves!
#BookSky #HilaryMantel #WolfHall #Tudors #History #Libraries #HistoricalFiction
To look forward to?? #HenryVIII_2025 #Shakespeare #Mantel #WolfHall
