‘Facts Are Not Truth, but’ — Hilary Mantel Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“Facts are not truth, but the record of what’s left on the record.” Hilary Mantel said this in her first BBC Reith Lecture in 2017, separating the historian’s evidence from the fuller truth it can only gesture toward. A fact, in her account, is whatever survived to be written down — which makes the record a partial thing, and worth reading for what it leaves out.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).