Talk:Hilary Mantel

message: Hilary Mantel was raised a Roman Catholic, but she totally lost her faith at 12 years old, according to this interview:. I was even more scrupulous and I did a extent google search to see if she still calls herself a Catholic or about what are her current religious beliefs. I think she is still a spiritual person but doesn't follow any religion currently. I am removing her from the Roman Catholic categories where she appears then.Mistico (talk) 20:59, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hilary Mantel is a Former Roman Catholic

message: 1. Why is there a blurb about there not being enough inline citations? Is 41 an insufficient number for such a short article? Can we remove this? 
2. Why is there no section about Mantel's writing style? It's very distinct and sets her apart from other writers. Surely enough people have commented on it that it could be cited. This article could be greatly enriched by a section that discusses her writing style. DanQuigley 17:34, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Overall Comments

message: You could argue that the dubious phrasing of the remark about her being the first woman followed by the words 'following in the footsteps of'... a whole series of men (making it sound as if they are women) speaks to the problematic nature of referring to this distinction. From a feminist point of view, it would be perhaps better to change it simply to the 'fourth person' to win the award. 95.172.64.57 (talk) 18:31, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: First woman

message: Mantel's controversial comment about royalty was criticized by the Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband and Prime Minister David Cameron. It is fair enough to name them, but why name Jemima Khan and Hadley Freeman as defending her? These two are so obscure as to not justify a reference.101.98.163.177 (talk) 06:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: This article could be improved if it pointed out that Mantel is doing the Reith Lectures in 2017. Vorbee (talk) 17:53, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No reaaon not to, I think.   Feel free, if you can think of a way to integrate a line or two.   Tho it might be more interesting to wait till she's said what she has to say.   There's likely to be something wiki-worthy.   Then, of course, the challenge becomes selecting and / or summarising it appropriately.   Success Charles01 (talk) 18:06, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Reith Lectures

message: In Mantel's memoir, she has written about her childhood experiences of the spirit world!
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/02/the-devil-and-hilary-mantel  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.110.241.71 (talk) 18:25, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spiritualism 

message: Am I alone in thinking that the article, in particular the 'Literary career ' section,  needs more references? JezGrove (talk) 22:03, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: wasn't A Place of Greater Safety her first novel, I'm aware that it wasn't published for a while but it was the first one she wrote. Mike Lacey, UK 08:08, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tweaked that sentence of the lead to make it clear it's referring to her first published novel. The earlier writing of Greater Place of Safety is discussed in the 'early life' section. Modest Genius talk 12:15, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  first novel 

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