Features

This forgotten queen is about to be rediscovered and she's a lot more royal than her king

By
17th October 2025
The Bayeux Tapestry is making its way to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years and that means we’ll all be talking a lot about Matilda, England’s first queen consort. And that’s because soon after the tapestry was created, a story began that it had been Matilda and her entourage who had stitched William the Conqueror’s famous victory into an historical…
Read more
FeaturesHistory

The Bayeux Tapestry: on display in England in 2022

By
6th July 2018
It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming…the tapestry is coming home. The Bayeux Tapestry is heading back to British shores, for the first time in almost 1000 years, and you need to put 2022 in your diary right now if you want to see this famous piece of history up close and personal. OK, the opening line might not have the ring or the emotion of the football song we…
Read more