James Delingpole James Delingpole

Why did C.J. Sansom approve this moronic Disney+ Shardlake adaptation?

Plus: Clarkson's Farm is implausible and fake but I still love it

Sean Bean, barely even trying as Thomas Cromwell, in Shardlake. Image: Adrienn Szabo / © 2022 Disney+, Inc.

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