Special, secretive operation will ship 11th-century artwork across Channel without jolts, bumps or shakes
As the Bayeux tapestry wends its way across the Channel in a top secret operation there will b…
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Rise of the Conqueror review – Gladiator meets throat singing as Mongol hordes ride out ○
Christian Mortensen takes up arms as the 14th-century kingmaker Timur but could do with a stronger force behind him and a better beard in front
The western-produced Greco-Judeo-Roman epic has been wit…
5 months ago
How Prince William can follow in the footsteps of his namesake, William the Conqueror, with a Christmas Day Coronation ○
When his time comes, could Prince William choose Christmas Day for his Coronation? His namesake, William the Conqueror, did.
8 months ago
A heaving Bridgerton cleavage or bloody decapitation? What your favourite era of history says about you | Emma Beddington ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A survey has found people would rather travel back in time than to the future. I consulted historical experts to find out what that means
Fifty-eight per cent of us would rather travel to the past tha…
9 months ago
‘La tapisserie, c’est moi’: Macron accused of putting politics first in Bayeux tapestry loan ○
Organiser of petition says French president ignoring expert advice that artefact too fragile to be transported to UK
The Bayeux tapestry is so fragile that transporting it risks irreparable damage, Fr…
What King and Conqueror gets wrong about 1066: Biggest untruths in James Norton's Battle of Hastings drama revealed ○
Those who hoped that new TV drama King and Conqueror might at least accurately depict what we do know about 1066 have been left disappointed.
Feuding royal rivals William and Harry go to war. Sound familiar? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews BBC's King & Conqueror ○
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: James Norton plays Harold II and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau his old friend turned bitterest enemy, William Duke of Normandy, in King And Conqueror.
King and Conqueror review – James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau fight the Battle of Hastings ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
This tale of 1066 forces viewers to wade through exposition-heavy episodes, and its pace does drag. But Coster-Waldau does play William the Conqueror with a phenomenal 70s dad tache
It is 1066. We are…
Did William the Conqueror really have an Asterix moustache? No, say historians - and that's just one of BBC blockbuster's howlers ○
As BBC One's gore-splattered medieval drama King And Conqueror begins tonight, viewers will see the future King Harold II rip off an enemy warrior's nose with his teeth.
What James Norton's King and Conqueror gets WRONG about Battle of Hastings foes William and Harold - historian gives their verdict as 1066 TV drama airs ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
New TV drama King and Conqueror is set to portray King Harold and William the Conqueror as 'friends' who were once firm allies before their fall-out led to the Battle of Hastings.