UK Lends Bayeux Tapestry to France in Post-Brexit Cultural Exchange

The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial

The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France “Harold Rex interfectus est”: King Harold is killed. As every British schoolchild knows, the Bayeux tapestry depicts a turning point in the history of these islands: defeat at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which would lead to the ascent of William the Conqueror to the English throne. Its return to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years is being hailed as a hugely hist...

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