BOOK NOW to experience this unique event by the Tower of London to celebrate Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy, to include an exclusive performance of her play The Mirror and the Light.
Location:
All Hallows By The Tower, The Tower of London, UK.
Date:
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June 2026
Join fans, friends, and colleagues of Hilary at All Hallows by the Tower of London and experience a day filled with expert talks, panels and good food followed by an exclusive evening performance of The Mirror and The Light.
Day Two will offer a choice of an historic river tour on the River Thames or a visit inside The Tower itself, or an expert-led Wolf Hall Walk around the City of London, with a final gathering at the Byward Kitchen by The Tower in the afternoon.
For more details on the proposed programme see here.
This is a limited-capacity event – so make sure you book early to secure a place and take advantage of our early-bird priority seating.
See here for attendee reviews from our last successful weekend.
Keynote Speakers
Ben Miles
Star of stage, screen, and TV; Ben played Thomas Cromwell in the RSC stage production of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, and later reprised that role in the staging of The Mirror And The Light in 2021.
Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch
Award winning author of a recent biography of Thomas Cromwell, A Life; Diarmaid is Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, and TV presenter.
Tracy Borman OBE
Tracy is Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces and a best-selling author and broadcaster; including the author of The Story of The Tower of London, and Thomas Cromwell: The untold story of Henry VIII’s most faithful servant.
Hilary Mantel’s legacy
The two-time Booker Prize-winning author was known for the Bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy novels based on the life of Thomas Cromwell. Read more…
Highlights
Exciting celebrity speakers and special lunchtime performance seminars. Full program here.