I can’t believe 9 years have passed since the first Season of Wolf Hall. The show is a primer on English nobility, and the English break with Rome, during the reign of Henry VIII, and is so thick, nuanced, and smart, it’s a joy to have just rewatched the first season last week in preparation for Season 2 which just began. Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell is played mostly in his face. Lot’s of face acting in this show.

Did they have to get Damian Lewis to pack on 200 pounds? 🤣

More seriously, the show never quite grabbed me, but it was pretty good and maybe I should revisit it. I also once listened to a podcast, though I can’t remember if it was the AskHistorians podcast or the 5-Minute Medievalist’s podcast, but they had on the show’s costume consultant to talk about the show and her academic work with Tudor material culture generally, and it was great.