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Bayeux Tapestry
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30 days ago
The 1,000-year-old embroidery will be transported this year for the first time in 950 years from Bayeux Museum in Bayeux, France , to London - where it will be exhibited from September.
88 days ago
Germany returns stolen fragments of Bayeux Tapestry to France ⊖
Two fragments of the 11th-Century fabric were stolen from Bayeux during the Nazi occupation of France in the 1940s.
89 days ago
David Hockney says moving the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain is 'madness' as row erupts over £800million 'vanity move' ⊖
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David Hockney has slammed plans to move the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain as 'madness', warning it could destroy the 1000-year-old cloth.
90 days ago
David Hockney says moving Bayeux Tapestry to UK is 'madness' ⊖
The artist claims it is too much of a risk to transport the centuries-old artwork from France.
3 months ago
Treasury to cover Bayeux Tapestry for estimated £800m ⊕
The huge embroidery will be covered under the government's indemnity scheme when it travels to the UK.
'I hate chain-mail': The woman racing to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry ○
Mia Hansson hopes to complete her replica by the time the original work returns to France.
UK to insure the Bayeux Tapestry for £800million ahead of its loan to the British Museum ⊖
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The indemnity, backed by the taxpayer, will cover the almost 1,000-year-old embroidery against damage or loss during its transfer from Normandy.
7 months ago
French voice fears over Bayeux Tapestry move to UK ○
The precious medieval work is to be displayed in London next year - but the French art world is strongly opposed.
8 months ago
France demanded Rosetta Stone and free tickets for its citizens in exchange for Bayeux Tapestry being displayed at the British Museum ○
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France first looked at swapping the Rosetta Stone for the multicoloured wool embroidery and asked for its citizens to be allowed to see the tapestry for free at the British Museum.
How the Bayeux Tapestry became a tool of soft power ○
Months of talks were needed to secure an agreement that has been hailed as evidence of improved Anglo-French relations