Summary: Edmund Gordon discusses whether Hilary Mantel's final Cromwell novel lives up to its billing - and whether, at 900-odd pages, it is the right length; Muriel Zagha looks at the female gaze in French cinema, with respect to the new film Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Irina Dumitrescu talks about how to write well, and when to break the rules The Mirror & the Light, by Hilary Mantel Portrait of a Lady on Fire, by Céline Sciamma Why They Can't Write, by John Warner Writing to Persuade, by Trish Hall Every Day I Write the Book, by Amitava Kumar First You Write a Sentence, by Joe Moran Meander, Spiral, Explode, by Jane Alison <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
