Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Thomas Cromwell - the first English socialist?
There is no denying Thomas Cromwell's positive and progressive impact on English politics, argues STEPHEN ARNELL
WELL, in truth not really, but there’s certainly something to admire in working-class lad Thomas Cromwell, especially in his empathetic portrayal by Mark Rylance.
Certainly, against the entitled mob of Tudor aristocrats he confronts, he appears as a true “Man of the People.”
This wasn’t really the case (his mother was from the gentry), but Cromwell was looked down upon by the court, who despised his relatively humble origins, legal knowledge, multilingual ability, and formidable intelligence.
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