David Musgrove chats to leading historians about what we can learn from the past to help us live happier, healthier, or more productive lives today.
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The Bayeux Tapestry: it’s bloody brilliant
Its length is far more impressive than its girth. That’s the first thing that hits you when you see the Bayeux Tapestry in the British Museum. In the new loan experience, the embroidery is laid out horizontally in one long line, and this is...
The royal sex scandal in the Bayeux Tapestry
Will President Macron make reference to the possibility of an English royal sex scandal that might be hidden in the Bayeux Tapestry when he tours the British Museum exhibition later today with King Charles and Queen Camilla?
Probably not....
Traitors in the Tapestry
The choice of Claudia Winkleman to announce the on-sale date for the second batch of tickets for the British Museum’s Big Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is an inspired one.
And that’s not just because she’s a national treasure with great hair....
How medieval deadly sins can help us live more honest lives today
It’s summer, so there is bound to be a horror story of some hapless tourists following their satnav blindly down a terrifyingly narrow road in Cornwall, being unable to reverse, and then having to be rescued by an amused local tractor drive...
How the Bayeux Tapestry has gone from story of violent conquest to symbol of peace and unity
The Bayeux Tapestry is now safely installed in the British Museum. It’s been spirited under the Channel in the dead of night in a yellow lorry within its specially designed vibration-damping contraption. It’s been allowed to acclimatise to...
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Dr David Musgrove is content director of HistoryExtra.com, plus its sister print magazine BBC History Magazine. He has a PhD in archaeology. He is author of '100 Places that made Britain' and with Michael Lewis, 'The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry'.
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