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

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Regardless of what kind of home you live in, it's highly likely that you've made some kind of display of your possessions. Other reviews range from pieces on Madonna, the James Bulger murder in England, England’s Last Witch to a devastating takedown of Shere Hite’s report on American Marriage, and to me those were more interesting as Mantel’s sharp writing was more evident there. In addition, there are several essays that aren’t reviews, most notably Royal Bodies (comparing Kate Middleton to Anne Boleyn among other things) that apparently produced a storm of controversy, but that I thought was witty and very much to the point. Cheaper woods, such as pine, can provide a good base for painting or staining, while rich carved mahogany can add instant luxury to your fireplace.

It’s also important to take into account whether you have a functioning fire, taking care not to include anything flammable in your fireplace mantel ideas. Each showed a single woman seated on a simple chair and leaning against the mantelpiece around a fireplace.

Here, you will find a stunning collection of wooden mantelpieces that add a touch of natural beauty and timeless elegance to your fireplace.

For example, she says this of Philippa Gregory in the chapter on Jane Boleyn: 'The subject of this biography has already been fearlessly minced into fiction by the energetic Philippa Gregory. Her observations are a delight and wrapped around in her trademark cutting and frequently scathing voice whether she's bemoaning kebab canapes at Buckingham Palace (and why won't the 'flunkeys' take back the cocktail sticks? Consider height when curating your mantelscape, stack books to elevate smaller trinkets, so they don’t get lost amongst taller accessories. We supply and install both wood burning and multi-fuel stoves to offer you the best range of solutions to suit your individual situation.

The accessories on the mantel work harmoniously as they echo the two tones with the artwork and bouquet of flowers, which also mirror the painting above the mantel.

Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023 Shaw died in his English country house in 1950 with a signed photograph of Stalin on his mantelpiece. Made from marble or limestone, choose the design, style and finish of your characterful fire surround. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.

A mantel traditionally offers a unique opportunity for the architect/designer to create a personal statement unique to the room they are creating. While this essay was written and published well before Meghan married Harry, Mantel’s comments about how Kate is perceived in some ways predict some of the vitriol directed toward Meghan (the majority of the vitriol can be “explained” by racism). Hilary Mantel is the author of fifteen books, including A Place of Greater Safety , Beyond Black , the memoir Giving Up the Ghost , and the short story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher .

Having many important antique fireplaces in our possession has enabled us to create replicas with an unparalleled level of historical accuracy.All the more so because there's so much overlap between the subjects covered here and in her novels. If you'd like to update your fireplace in keeping with the period in which your property was built, marble was a stone favoured during the Regency and Georgian periods, whereas metal units look best in a modern home. Whether you’re a maximalist or minimalist, mantelscaping is all about curating a collection of things that bring colour, texture and showcase your favourite things,’ says Daisy Coombes, Interior Design Manager at Sass and Belle. I came for the articles on the French Revolutionaries and the Tudor Court but thoroughly enjoyed other essays too.