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2 months agoBritain's Bayeux Tapestry - Reading - Preview
The 70 metre embroidery tells the story of the Battle of Hastings and of life in 11th-century England before and after the Conquest, all in remarkable detail, with images of castles, battles, feasts, and even potential forn!cation in the Ælfgyva mystery, Ubi unus clericus et Ælfgyva.
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4 months agoSomething will go wrong': Why readers say the Bayeux Tapestry should stay in France
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fromTime Out London
4 months ago8 London museum exhibitions we can't wait to see in 2026
Great news, culture vultures; it's the start of a brand new year, and that means a host of new exhibitions to look forward to. January is pretty quiet for new openings - we're all too busy watching The Traitors and trying not to spend any money - but there's plenty of unmissable culture on the horizon in the capital, from flashy fashion and design retrospectives to deep-dives into ageing, fandom and the studio behind everyone's favourite claymation canine and inventor duo. Joyless health kicks got you feeling glum? Stop meal prepping and start planning an enriching cultural diet instead, with our guide to the biggest and best museum openings coming up over the next year.
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5 months agoBritish Museum is promising 'Good Vibrations' for the Bayeux Tapestry's trip to the London
When the Bayeux Tapestry makes its historic visit to the UK next year, it will need to travel in a container that is exceptionally resistant to vibrations. That's one of the conditions applied to the transfer, which the government has just revealed, ensuring that the precious tapestry does not experience more than 2 millimetres of vibration per second on its trip to London.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
8 months agoThousands petition against France loaning Bayeux Tapestry to London
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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9 months agoTens of thousands sign petition to stop loan of 'extremely fragile' Bayeux Tapestry to UK
A petition seeks to prevent the Bayeux Tapestry loan to the British Museum due to concerns that transport could damage the fragile 1,000-year-old embroidered linen.
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