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Medieval-style illustration of a crowned figure and companion reclining beside a table of fruit, looking toward ships and a battle scene in the sky above a green landscape.

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How cruel was William the Conqueror to the Anglo-Saxons? This document reveals the "miserable" truth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Bayeux Tapestry: secrets of the stitchers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Why the Nazis loved the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5The mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval manuscript illustration of a crowned ruler seated on a throne while attendants and courtiers stand on either side.

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In 1066, King Harold was meant to save England. How did it all go wrong?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4Who made the Bayeux Tapestry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3The Bayeux Tapestry’s ‘big moment’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry showing townspeople pointing towards Halley’s Comet, which appeared in the sky in 1066.

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The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to the UK – and this is how you can see it

A large-scale nighttime light projection on the White Cliffs of Dover, showing Bayeux Tapestry-style ships alongside the words "Merci! The British Museum, presented by Igor Tulchinsky."

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Ale, terror and a martyr's death: what not to miss on the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 19th-century illustration depicts Harold Godwinson swearing fealty to William of Normandy

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The Bayeux Tapestry: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman invasion of 1066

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The making of the Bayeux Tapestry: who made it, how long did it take, and how has it survived?

Andy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron are pictured in front of an enlarged image of the Bayeux Tapestry. Burnham looks towards the smiling French president, while a scene from the medieval embroidery fills the background.

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Politically embarrassing to politically powerful: how the Bayeux Tapestry became a tool of diplomacy

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Episode 2Is the Bayeux Tapestry the ultimate action thriller?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1What is the Bayeux Tapestry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra AcademyThe story of the Bayeux Tapestry

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Is there a royal sex scandal hidden in plain sight in the Bayeux Tapestry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Bayeux Tapestry’s secret code of tyranny and injustice. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Composite image of Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland wearing a Viking helmet and the Norway national team shirt, standing with his hands on his hips against an illustrated background of Viking longships filled with oarsmen. The image links Haaland and Norway’s modern 'Viking row' football celebration with historical depictions of Viking seafarers.

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Norway’s ‘Viking row’: the real history behind the World Cup football chant

A nighttime projection of the Bayeux Tapestry illuminates the White Cliffs of Dover, depicting Norman ships crossing the Channel alongside the word “Merci!” and the British Museum logo, celebrating the tapestry’s loan to the UK in summer 2026.

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I correctly predicted that the Bayeux Tapestry would come home. But is football coming home too?

A stylised illustration shows sections of the Bayeux Tapestry rolled up and tied, standing upright inside an open cardboard box marked “special delivery”. The bright yellow background features faint imagery and text, evoking news coverage of the tapestry’s proposed loan.

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Politics and the Bayeux Tapestry: the inside story of the blockbuster loan to the British Museum

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A new take on the battle of Hastings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold Godwinson, crowned and holding a sceptre and orb, with scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in the background.

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One of medieval history’s biggest mysteries has just been solved – and it rewrites 1066

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing several mounted Norman figures riding left across the scene. The men wear simple tunics and carry spears; their horses are stylised with patterned manes. On the right, a nobleman holds a falcon on his gloved hand, indicating a falconry scene. Decorative animals and small trees fill the border, and a line of Latin text runs above the figures.

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Is the Bayeux Tapestry in "mortal danger"? I think that's the wrong question to ask

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The RUDE SECRETS of the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex and future king of England, riding a horse with a hawk perched on his hand.

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The Bayeux Tapestry is beautiful, but what was its purpose? New research might have the answer

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11th-century Europe: not just the Norman Conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Matilda of Flanders, queen consort of William the Conqueror, wearing a crown and richly decorated cloak and holding a book and sceptre.

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The conqueror’s queen: meet the real Matilda of Flanders

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William the Conqueror: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Emma of Normandy and two of her children

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King and Conqueror’s most gruesome death should never have happened and would be “totally out of character”

A drawing of a king holding a crown on his head, against a black and white image of a church

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Far away from England, the mystery of Harold Godwinson's lost crown might have just been solved

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