Mantel Pieces: The New Book from The Sunday Times Best Selling Author of the Wolf Hall Trilogy

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I have not done that, but left them as they were--mantelpieces littered with to-do lists, and messages form people I used to be. Towards the close of the eighteenth century the designs of the Adam Brothers superseded all others, and a century later they came again into fashion. Maybe you need to re-read her for precisely this reason; Mantel loves hidden meanings and her talent matches her enthusiasm for making them.

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This is the reason I only got a third of the way through Wolf Hall and why I only read a few chapters of Mantel Pieces. Striped walls of two different fabrics divided by braid and studs add to a neutral palette in this bedroom designed by Alidad to create a more relaxed atmosphere. The essays that shine through all focalise on misogyny - the infamous Royal Bodies, the Hair Shirt Sisterhood, and Britain's Last Witch; she takes figures of history who have been mythologised, and dissects the phallocentric iconography that has warped their image.

Our top tip when displaying your treasure trove of favourite things is to group things in odd numbers to create an arrangement that is visually more aesthetic,’ says Daisy Coombes. Her wide-ranging pieces, spanning three decades, are the best kind of critical writing, rich with recondite knowledge, wearing their learning lightly. I loved this and chuckled away as well as occasionally shuddering with recognition when she made a point so spot on it could hit me in the eye.