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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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Why I regret taking selfies in the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition (opens the original)
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Photography has been banned at the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in the British Museum. That’s a grabby headline, and it’s true that the British Museum has changed its initial policy of allowing photography since the exhibition opened. I was asked to talk about this on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 earlier today (it’s at about 1hr40mins in if you want to listen), so I’ve had cause to reflect about what I think about this. As I understand things, the ban is all about visitor flow, and trying to ma
The Bayeux Tapestry: it’s bloody brilliant (opens the original)
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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 first time in living memory that people have been able to properly appreciate its full 68.3m length (and compare that with its modest half a metre width).If you’ve visited the museum in Bayeux in the last few years, you’ll have seen it curving around vert
The royal sex scandal in the Bayeux Tapestry (opens the original)
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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. I’m sure he’s much more politic than that. Life Lessons from History is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<inp
Traitors in the Tapestry (opens the original)
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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.Life Lessons from History is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="email" t
How medieval deadly sins can help us live more honest lives today (opens the original)
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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 driver while a crowd of onlookers smirk derisively from the beach.<div class="i
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