thomas cromwell and hilary mantel will be forever - and hilary mantel will be forever intertwined.eaders can feel and taste. she won the booker prize twice, the first woman to do so. kwasi hilary mantel have been writing for years until she found popular acclaim. i until she found popularacclaim. i hesitated for such a long time before beginning to write this book. actually, for about 20 years. the ounu actually, for about 20 years. the young hilary _ actually, for about 20 years. the young hilary mantel had wanted to be a barrister but her lack of connections and the endometriosis she struggled with all her life saw her turn to writing instead. the laws loss was humanities gain. anywhere she chose her to write about _ anywhere she chose her to write about in — anywhere she chose her to write about in any character was the best that anybody could have done. she's a classic_ that anybody could have done. she's a classic writer in the footsteps of dickens _ a classic writer in the footsteps of dickens and george eliot. but she was writing in our time. she really is that— was writing

she joins leo tolstoy, robert graves and now we have hilary mantel.- now we have hilary mantel.u for _ now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you for talking - now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you for talking to i foreman, thank you for talking to us. thank you very much indeed, on a very sad day. thank you, amanda foreman, the writer, author historianjoining us from new foreman, the writer, author historian joining us from new york to remember dame hilary mantell whose death was announced this morning. she wasjust 17. whose death was announced this morning. she wasjust17. more to come here this afternoon on big cities. we will pause now and take a look at the weather prospects with ben rich. brighter colour developing in many parts with the early satellite image, but a parts with the early satellite image, buta band parts with the early satellite image, but a band of cloud dragging its heels in the south—east corner with a slow—moving weather from providing outbreaks of heavy and quite persistent rain across the south—east corner up into essex and suff

hilary mantel, who has died at the age of 70. arbara, just explain to anyone who has not read hilary mantel�*s work how extraordinary it is. i remember reading wolf hall and just, you feel you are transported into that world of england's centuries ago. that you are transported into that world of england's centuries ago.- of england's centuries ago. that is absolutely right. _ of england's centuries ago. that is absolutely right. hilary _ of england's centuries ago. that is absolutely right. hilary mantel- of england's centuries ago. that is| absolutely right. hilary mantel said that she always wanted, he naturally of books, to express how people are like us today in many ways but also that fund mental difference too, the same but not exactly the same, and she did that through very, very detailed research, she cared very much about the subject. she said you can really feel yourself there. it does because she did her homework. she was always very careful to credit the people that supported her work, in particular someone called mary

the author dame hilary mantel who's died at the age of 70.g doubles alongside his long—time rival rafael nadal. the pair when the first set against the world, he announced last week that he is retiring because of a persistent knee injury. very excited crowds there to see him play. that is it for me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @samantha tv news. hello. the autumn equinox happened on friday and saturday's going to be a full day of autumn. skies are politically at the moment and the weekend is looking not too bad —— skies pretty clear. skies are pretty clear at the moment and the weekend is looking not too bad. this is what it looks like out there right now. a few showers around, but generally clear across most of the uk through the early hours of saturday. the temperatures ranging from close to freezing in the scottish clans, around ten in liverpool and 12 degrees in the south. recently, it has been pretty cloudy and wet because of a stubborn weather front. the thinking is the weather front should be out of the picture in the english cha

dame hilary mantel who has died at the age of 70.of writing. when you think about hilary mantel and what she accomplished in the tudor novels, you have to go back and look at the whole work. this is an author who was interested in many themes and many topics in her entire career and reached a culmination in the tudor novels but it was always there in the beginning, and she was one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic, she was one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic authors in britain and around the world. from the beginning of her career, and i think the tudor novels gained so much acclaim and interest but they are really a continuation of what she had been doing all along, an interest in the conflict between modernity and the primitive, between the past and the present. between the rational and the irrational. if you go back and look at everything, starting with her first novel in 1979, these were her themes, and i think with cromwell and the tudors, she found the perfect peg to hang many of her long—standing interests on

thomas cromwell and hilary mantel will be forever entwined.els conjured a tudor world of intrigue and violence that readers could feel and taste. she won the booker prize twice, for wolf hall and bring up the bodies, the first woman to do so. mantel had been writing historical and contemporary fiction for years before she found popular acclaim. i hesitated for such a long time before beginning to write this book — actually, for about 20 years. the young hilary mantel had wanted to be a barrister, but her lack of connections and the endometriosis she struggled with all her life saw her turn to writing instead. the law�*s loss was humanity�*s gain. anywhere she chose to write about, at any time, any character, was the best anybody could have done. she�*s a classic writer, in the footsteps of dickens and mrs gaskell and george eliot, but she was writing in our time. she really is that important. get everything settled before europe wakes up to what is happening. others have also been paying tribute. the royal shakespeare company�*s adaptations of

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thomas cromwell and hilary mantel will be forever entwined.ry fiction for years be fine —— before she found popular acclaim. i for years be fine -- before she found popular acclaim. i hesitated for such a long — found popular acclaim. i hesitated for such a long time _ found popular acclaim. i hesitated for such a long time before - for such a long time before beginning to write this book. actually for about 20 years. the oun actually for about 20 years. the young hilary _ actually for about 20 years. the young hilary mantel had wanted to be a barrister but her lack of connections and the endometriosis she struggled with all her life saw her return to writing instead. the law's loss was humanity's gain. anywhere she chose to write about, anytime, _ anywhere she chose to write about, anytime, any character, was the best that anybody could have done. she's a classic— that anybody could have done. she's a classic in— that anybody could have done. she's a classic in the footsteps of dickens— a classic in the footsteps of dickens and mrs gaskell an

the author dame hilary mantel who's died at the age of 70. difference to the same but not exactly the same and she did that through very detailed research and she cared very much about the subject and said you can really feel yourself there and that is because she did her homework and she was very quickly to develop those who supported her in particular someone called mary robertson who she would turn to when she needed those details and would make her work, live. ~ . details and would make her work, live. . ., ., ., 4' details and would make her work, live. ~ ., ., ., ,, ., details and would make her work, live. ~ ., ., ., live. we heard he took her a long time, live. we heard he took her a long time. about _ live. we heard he took her a long time, about 20 _ live. we heard he took her a long time, about 20 years, _ live. we heard he took her a long time, about 20 years, she - live. we heard he took her a long l time, about 20 years, she thought about writing. find time, about 20 years, she thought about writing-— time, about 20 years, she th

and in the guardian, hilary mantel celebrated author of the will fall trilogy, her picture there.died at the age of 70. —— wolf hall. no prizes for guessing where we're going to start. not tosha, kick us off with this mini budget. —— natasha. is ita gamble, do you think? mini budget. -- natasha. is it a gamble, do you think? politically, economically. _ gamble, do you think? politically, economically, yes. _ gamble, do you think? politically, economically, yes. these - gamble, do you think? politically, economically, yes. these are - economically, yes. these are practical tax cuts. economists are saying up to 50 years since we've seen these levels. £115 billion worth of spending at least. we know it's going to push up borrowing even further. that's not something a lot of conservative mps are too keen on. but on the other hand, liz truss and kwasi kwarteng absolutely determined to go for growth. they say it's being held back by high taxes, high regulation and they want to rip that all up in the hope they can get the economy moving again.— all up in the hope they can get the economy

more hilary mantel novels. i feel like i'm more hilary mantel novels.was great. very briefly, for anyone who hasn't read wolf- really was great. very briefly, for| anyone who hasn't read wolf hall, why was it so successful as a historical novel? because you don't see people reading them on the tube, traditionally. see people reading them on the tube, traditionall . �* , ., ., see people reading them on the tube, traditionally-— traditionally. anyone who wants to start reading _ traditionally. anyone who wants to start reading hilary _ traditionally. anyone who wants to start reading hilary mantel, - traditionally. anyone who wants to start reading hilary mantel, read l start reading hilary mantel, read the first paragraph of wolf hall. it is a boy down in the mud being beaten which sounds rather grim but the point is you feel somehow every blow. you know what it smells like, you are inside that child in his eyes looking out on this cruel world that he finds himself in and that was her genius, that in a matter of sentences she could create an entire univ

we examine the literary legacy of the late author hilary mantell. much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour," from weta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: moscow today launched with the u.s. called illegal votes or referenda in four regions of southern and eastern ukraine that are currently occupied by russia. meanwhile, the united nations said today it has fou new evidence of war crimes, and many russians appear to be fleeing the country instead of signing up for a new military draft. >> in a city still scarred by russian shelling, now looms the threat of russian annexation. maria pull residents lined up outside what the russians call a polling stations to fill out what the russians call ballots. the question is -- do you want to join russia? the outcome is not in doubt. state tv showed scripted and staged celebrations and some retail politicking, but this is the reality of what the u.s. and allies today called a sham. the soldier precedes a poll worker carrying a bo

let's move away from that fiscal event and we can look at hilary mantel.harles dickens, an extraordinary talent whose died as a relatively young age. but so prolific and such wonderful books. find age. but so prolific and such wonderful books.— age. but so prolific and such wonderful books. and some lovely tributes that _ wonderful books. and some lovely tributes that have _ wonderful books. and some lovely tributes that have come _ wonderful books. and some lovely tributes that have come out - wonderful books. and some lovely tributes that have come out for - wonderful books. and some lovely. tributes that have come out for her. just across — tributes that have come out for her. just across a — tributes that have come out for her. just across a huge spectrum of people — just across a huge spectrum of people who have come out and given wonderful— people who have come out and given wonderful tributes to her. figures like nicola — wonderful tributes to her. figures like nicola sturgeon and people across— like nicola sturgeon and people across the writing comm

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the multi—award—winning novelist dame hilary mantel has died. she was 70.ation, more than a dozen books over nearly 40 years. she was once described as one of the best kept secrets in the literary world. of course, that all changed with the publication of wolf hall. it won the booker prize, was acclaimed by critics and embraced by the public, and her genius, what she did with that book and its sequels was that she didn't want to take advantage of years, centuries of historical analysis, she wanted just a place you in the middle of these complex situations so that even if you didn't sympathise with them, you understood the motivations, the emotions of these characters, then she wove that into a compelling narrative that worked beautifully, not just on the narrative that worked beautifully, notjust on the page but on the stage, with theatre adaptations, and on the screen, with film adaptations. jk rowling said, we have lost a genius. a fellow booker prizewinner said, we were so lucky to have such a massive talent in our midst. a publishing director talked abo

we fed the death of an ounce of hilary mantel and it's the focus of the times's big picture. in a couple other papers. she died at the age of 70. the created of the wolf hall trilogy, described as one of the great writers in english literature. people comparing her with dickens of.— literature. people comparing her with dickens of. yeah, i think she's the first prizewinner_ with dickens of. yeah, i think she's the first prizewinner that's - with dickens of. yeah, i think she's the first prizewinner that's a - the first prizewinner that's a female. but it's a really sad to see such a writer who's brought the nation such appreciated books, but i think she wrote the phone us —— wrote the final one a couple of years ago. but we're seeing people from across the spectrum coming and pay their tributes to her as an incredible writer. as it so often is, authors get more celebration. that would be good. james, i don't know if you are a fan of her writing, but they were incredibly detailed in novels. they sort of make you feel like you're living in the england of centuries ago. yeah, i

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. cj sansom. yes. yes, there we go. absolutely. sorry, you can't compete there. listen, it's good. murders up here, murders up here. and there's still more to come from the thursday murder club. steven spielberg has bought the film rights. rebecca joan, bbc news, east sussex. —— rebecca jones. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. even in, it was a day of sunshine and showers across the uk, producing beautiful sunsets across the isle of man. —— even in, it was. tomorrow it is a similar mixture, more sunshine and fewer showers. we had some pretty lively showers sinking south tonight out of northern ireland into the midlands —— out of northern england into the midlands. a few feeding in further north. to the east of the showers, quite chilly overnight, perhaps three degrees in the most rural parts of the south—east of england and east anglia. showers in the south should get out of the way quickly by the end of rush—hour, looking largely dry for much of england and wales, this north—easterly wind will drag s

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. cj sansom. yes. yes, there we go.ers up here, murders up here. and there's still more to come from the thursday murder club. steven spielberg has bought the film rights. rebecca joan, bbc news, east sussex. as we say bye i want to leave you with as we say bye i want to leave you with the as we say bye i want to leave you with the scene as we say bye i want to leave you with the scene live at florida you can see on your screen now fort myers near with those storm made landfall a couple hours ago. vehicles have been blown over. that is it from us. hello. yesterday was a day of sunshine and showers. today, it's a pretty similar theme, but if anything, i think more in the way of sunshine and fewer in the way of showers. still quite a cluster around first thing on thursday on the tail end of this weather front that's sliding off towards the continent, but actually this little finger, a brief finger of high pressure is going to try and settle things down for this thursday. so, there's some showers to start the day across th

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. - cj sansom.ll more to come from the thursday murder club. steven spielberg has bought the film rights. rebecca joan, bbc news, east sussex. just before we go ijust want to take you to new york where diners are getting a real taste of singapore. for the first time ever in the us, a singapore—style hawker market has opened in midtown manhattan. there are 17 vendors, 11 of whom have come directly from singapore. the food guide maven and street—food guru kf seetoh says he wanted to export the food he grew up with, as cooked by his grandmother. that includes dishes such as white beehoon, a rice noodle dish, typically served with clams or prawns or pork in a flavourful stock. hello. yesterday was a day of sunshine and showers. today, it�*s a pretty similar theme, but if anything, i think more in the way of sunshine and fewer in the way of showers. still quite a cluster around first thing on thursday on the tail end of this weather front that�*s sliding off towards the continent, but actually this littl

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. - cj sansom.d. murders up here, murders up here... and there's still more to come from the thursday murder club. steven spielberg has bought the film rights. rebecca joan, bbc news, east sussex. we are getting reports that the us rapper coolio has died on wednesday in los angeles. the legendary rapper, whose real name is artis leon iveer, was fifty—nine years old. coolio was an up—and—comer in the late 1980s who rocketed to fame with gangsta's paradise, which he recorded for the soundtrack for the film dangerous minds. an official cause of death has not yet been released. more on the website. hello. yesterday was a day of sunshine and showers. today, it's a pretty similar theme, but if anything, i think more in the way of sunshine and fewer in the way of showers. still quite a cluster around first thing on thursday on the tail end of this weather front that's sliding off towards the continent, but actually this little finger, a brief finger of high pressure is going to try and settle things down f

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tributes are being paid to dame hilary mantell, who has died. she won the booker prize twice. genius. that is it from me. thanks for watching. hello there. most parts of the uk had sunny skies, albeit with one or two showers and a rather cool feel to the weather. but across the southeast corner, this weather front has been providing outbreaks of rain and this is in no rush to clear away. some of that rain is set to continue across the far south—east of england, especially as we go through the night. but elsewhere, we'll see some clear spells, also some showers across western coast and also a cluster of showers pushing out of eastern scotland and down into the north east of england. some parts of scotland will get cold tonight, close to freezing. milder further south and east because we will have extra cloud and we will still have some outbreaks of rain first thing. there is the potentialfor enough rain across parts of sussex and kent to give some localised travel disruption, maybe even some localised flooding, because that rain is likely to hang around the extreme south—east c

the multi award—winning novelist, dame hilary mantel, has died. she was 70.., ,, ., , . her works? thank you, of course. we are 'ust her works? thank you, of course. we are just absolutely _ her works? thank you, of course. we are just absolutely devastated - her works? thank you, of course. we are just absolutely devastated at - are just absolutely devastated at this loss. she was such a wonderful writer and so beloved by so many readers across the uk and beyond. i think what really stands out in her trilogy, the will be thinking about today, that she leaves behind an enormous body of work which we still have to discover on what unites them all is this incredible capacity and she writes history so brilliantly, and not wearing her research heavily, it's totally natural and she focuses on bringing her characters to three—dimensional life, that's what people see in her, concentrating on serious and sad themes and she has this enormous warmth and compassion for her characters, so that shines through in that fiction. aha, characters, so that shines through in tha

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. cj sansom. yes. yes, there we go.up here. and there's still more to come from the thursday murder club. steven spielberg has bought the film rights. rebecca joan, bbc news, east sussex. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. any latest on the harry kane? just a quick word, ian is now making landfall, it is moving on to the coast of florida and i expect a lot more out of that area in the coming hours. forthe uk, more out of that area in the coming hours. for the uk, another day of sunshine and showers, some heavier ones through the north and to the west, this is wales through the afternoon. tomorrow, a similar mixture but more than the way of sunshine and fewer showers. a low pressure centre if you like drifting across northern england, that will take some more organised showers down through the midlands and through wales through the small hours of thursday, and by the end of the night pushing into the of england. to the east of the showers and quite skies it will turn chilly overnight with the odd spot d

the award—winning british author dame hilary mantel has died. she was 70. sed disruption. temperatures still up to 20 degrees the south, cooler further north, and still up to 20 degrees the south, coolerfurther north, and it still up to 20 degrees the south, cooler further north, and it will get quite cold overnight, particularly across parts of scotland. some places in the countryside getting close to freezing. milderfurther countryside getting close to freezing. milder further south because here we still have the outbreaks of rain across parts of south—east england. elsewhere, spells of sunshine, scattered showers. rather cool again on sunday, the best of the sunshine in the south but it will feel quite a lot colder into the start of next week. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. the basic rate of income tax will be cut to 19p next april — and the rate of income tax for the very highest earners will be abolished. the rise on corporation tax from 19% to 25% has been scrapped. the planned increase in national insurance has been reversed. the chancellor a

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and author dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70.the holy grail that we all aspire to, she was thejk rowling of historical fiction. four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia — the west says it's a move by moscow to annex more ukrainian territory. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in a massive shake—up of the uk's finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending commitments that will cost £45 billion by 2027. the independent institute for fiscal studies has described the announcements as the biggest tax cutting budget in 50 years. the government says its policies will help boost economic growth — yesterday the bank of england warned the uk may already be in recession. but critics say funding the tax cuts will lead to unsustainable borrowing. the chancellor announced changes to income tax in england, wales and northern ireland. the basic rate will be cut from 20% to i9% in april — a year earlier than planned. the top rate, wh

come on, you prefer hilary mantel to... no, i don't. really? no. cj sansom. yes. yes, there we go. from the last few hours, and here's the forecast — you can see clusters of showers moving across england and wales, reaching the south by the early hours of thursday morning, and a few showers elsewhere carried on a northeasterly breeze. cloud cover will be varied, as will the morning temperatures, perhaps four in norwich, ten celsius closer to windward coasts further west. now, here's the big picture across europe on thursday — this flabby area of of low pressure, but a more vigorous low pressure heading our way for friday, and that spells wind and rain. but not on thursday, so just a just a scattering of showers here and there on thursday. here's that weather front approaching us — decent enough temperatures, 17 in glasgow, but i think more typically around 15—16 celsius. so let's have a look at the pressure chart for friday — and there's that low sweeping to the south of iceland. a large area of low pressure with broad weather fronts, and that means a broad band of rain sweeping in