Image: Thomas Cromwell as the Earl of Essex, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger (Getty Images) Diarmaid MacCulloch visits the brewery that Cromwell's father used to run. Diarmaid MacCulloch ...

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 ...

When he returned the second time, he worked under the patronage of Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell. By 1535, he was the King's Painter. Royal Collection Trust William Reskimer, painted by Holbein ...