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The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel review – Cromwell’s end

The long-awaited final part of the Booker-winning trilogy is a masterpiece that will keep yielding its riches So the trilogy is complete, and it is magnificent. The portrait of Thomas Cromwell that began with Wolf Hall (2009) and continued with Bring Up the Bodies (2012) now concludes with a novel of epic proportions, every bit as thrilling, propulsive, darkly comic and stupendously intelligent as its predecessors. “Concludes” is perhaps not the word, for there is no tone of finality. Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal, deputy head of the church in England, chief minister, second man of the realm, Cremuel, my Lord Cromell, Crumb to friends, has a great deal of business to do, through 900 pages, before we contemplate endings. The heights of his power are all before us, and though he likes ladders he prefers to think of wings. Bring Up the Bodies closed with bloodshed and wreckage. “But it’s useful wreckage, isn’t it?” and now Cromwell uses it, strenuously remodelling catastrophes as oppor...
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State pension news: Loophole exposes major flaw in Corbyn's WASPI pledge

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JEREMY CORBYN was facing questions last night over whether Labour’s £58billion pension compensation pledge could trigger a series of claims from transgender people. The Labour leader has been struggling to explain how a future Labour government could fund his offer to pay up to £31,300 to so-called Waspi women born in the 1950s whose state pension has been cut by changes to the retirement date. from Daily Express :: News Feed https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1210771/state-pension-news-waspi-jeremy-corbyn-labour-party via Wigan Services
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Daily horoscope for Wednesday January 22 — here’s what the stars have in store for you today

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ARIES March 21 to April 20 WITH the moon and Jupiter on the same wavelength, ambitions to do with entertainment move a step closer to reality. You have the ability to hold an audience and get major points across, so don’t ignore any opportunity. Later, as Mars stirs passions, make your love choices daring but not reckless. TAURUS April 21 to May 21 How you choose to travel and where you want to go are very imaginative – and might clash with what those closest to you expect. But it could be you who is caught off guard when words of love are spoken in a very public way . . . perhaps a proposal on a television show! GEMINI May 22 to June 21 Your ability to focus on planning the future you want, instead of re-examining the past, comes into play. Even big decisions look simpler. A passion moon revives that loving feeling. Single? That changes when someone you always wanted to meet opens the door at a friend’s house. CANCER June 22 to July 22 As the sun and Mercury travel in...
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The most read family and kids stories in Manchester from 2018

From the bee sculptures that brought our city to life in the summer, to the chaos of the Build A Bear Pay Your Age promotion, we've had some amazing tales to share with you all.

from MEN - Home https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/popular-family-stories-manchester-2018-15569407
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Wednesday’s London weather forecast – frost is likely with temperatures likely to drop well below average

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Daily horoscope for Wednesday November 27 — here’s what the stars have in store for you today

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Daily horoscope for Tuesday November 10 — here’s what the stars have in store for you today

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