Hilary Mantel: I am ashamed to live in nation that elected this government

Double Booker prize winner tells La Repubblica she may take Irish citizenship to feel European again

Hilary Mantel has said she feels ashamed" by the UK government's treatment of migrants and asylum seekers and is intending to become an Irish citizen to become a European again".

In a wide-ranging interview with La Repubblica, the twice Booker prize-winning novelist also gave her view on the monarchy, told how endometriosis has devastated my life", and how Boris Johnson should not be in public life". She also addresses the criticism of JK Rowling and her stance on transgender rights.