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Hilary Mantel was memorialised at a gathering in Southwark Cathedral last week. The great and the good were in attendance. Zadie Smith read an extract from one of her books; Mark Rylance, who [...]

There are (at least) two rewards to be gleaned from writing. One, there is the sheer joy of it. At times, of course, it doesn’t feel joyful. It can feel like hell on steroids: the right word [...]