RECONCILIATION?Harry and Meghan Give Their ‘Support’ to Kate and CharlesHarry and Meghan reportedly “contacted both parties in different ways to pass on their concern and best wishes.” Plus, Kate and William are now “100 percent family first.”Tom Sykes
TOXIC MONARCHY?Jodie Turner-Smith on Anne Boleyn’s Ties to Meghan MarkleJodie Turner-Smith talks playing Anne Boleyn in a new AMC+ miniseries, drawing comparisons between the queen’s plight and others who presented a threat to the British monarchy.Cheyenne Roundtree
Nothing NewThe Impossibility of Being a Pregnant PrincessKate Middleton’s pregnancy bump has been under obsessive observation by the British tabloids this week. But the focus on what goes inside royal women’s bodies is centuries old.Tom Sykes
Bloody History‘Wolf Hall’: The Making of a Blockbuster<p>You can now watch <em>Wolf Hall</em> as both a six-hour Broadway epic and acclaimed TV drama. The novelist Hilary Mantel is relishing her creation’s success, and looking to the future.</p> Tim Teeman
TwinshipsThis Week's Hot Reads<p>Two masters of the crime novel have new works: Jo Nesbo’s <i>Police</i> and George Pelecanos’s <i>The Double</i>.</p> Damaris Colhoun
Bring Up the BodyOur Anne Boleyn Obsession<p>From Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novels to a Showtime series, Anne Boleyn haunts us still. But why? Lauren Elkin on a new book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Creation-Anne-Boleyn-Notorious/dp/0547328184/" target="_blank">The Creation of Anne Boleyn</a></i>, that traces the uses and abuses of her body, image, and legend throughout history.</p> Lauren Elkin
'Dead Eyes'Hilary Mantel: No RegretsThe novelist says she was set up as a 'hate figure' because of her comments about Kate Middleton.Tom Sykes
This Week's Hot ReadsThis week: a dystopian novel from Sigrid Nunez, hilariously sharp essays from David Rakoff, “Bloody Queen” Mary revised in a new biography, the art world and Iraq clash in Sara Paretsky’s latest, and what the 2008 election meant for women.The Daily Beast
This Week's Hot ReadsThis week: a bloody thriller from Cape Town’s mean streets, a call to save wildlife and wilderness by “rewilding,” a moving novel of a family’s struggle to overcome their tortured past, an investigation inside the lives of North Korean defectors, and a new biography of Anne Boleyn from bestselling author Alison Weir.The Daily Beast
The Best of Brit LitA look at great reads from the editor of The Times Literary Supplement. This week: A.S. Byatt’s new masterpiece, rescuing Cromwell, and the masses’ view on Caesar’s murder.Peter Stothard
