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Catherine Carr

@CatherineECarr

A year ago, or so. Live in London. With David Runciman &

@HelenHet20

- in partnership (as always) with the

@LRB

The room was rapt, of course. #hilarymantel

talkingpoliticspodcast.com

330 | Hilary Mantel — Talking Politics

In a special episode recorded in front a live audience, Helen and David talk to Hilary Mantel about power, monarchy and political intrigue, from the Tudors to the present, from Henry VIII to Boris...

1:34 PM · Sep 23, 2022

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Listening on your recommendation. Rapt too. She's talking about the queen being in hospital, and not wanting to write articles speculating about her death: 'I may not be a monarchist, but I'm not a brute.'

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I think she’s so funny. Just listened to the Reith lectures all in a oner and was chuckling along. Brilliant woman.