Bayeux Tapestry tickets go back on sale: Everything you need to know The British Museum has announced a series of changes to its exhibition as tickets for members go on sale Evening Standard · Oct 6
Mary Beard suggests ‘tweaks’ to British Museum’s handling of queues to see Bayeux tapestry Classicist and museum trustee visited the line after people complained of waiting for hours, with some turned away The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
British Museum makes major changes to tackle Bayeux Tapestry queue chaos The woven record of the Norman Conquest returned to the UK for first time in nearly 1,000 years The Independent UK · Oct 4
British Museum makes changes to ease Bayeux Tapestry queues The woven record of the Norman Conquest went on display at the museum on September 10. Evening Standard · Oct 4
What are the new opening times for the Bayeux Tapestry? British Museum unveils exhibition changes after complaints The British Museum has announced a series of changes to the sought-after exhibition amid complaints of chaotic queues Evening Standard · Oct 4
Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles? It is simply wrong for the British Museum to hoard what doesn’t belong to Britain. Let the squabbling end and the sculptures be returned to Greece, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
K-Culture Hunting: On the trail of the new Korea exhibition A huge British Museum show explains how the ubiquity of ‘K’ today stems from Korea’s long history of creativity. Evening Standard · Oct 1
K-Culture hunting: Inside the new Korea exhibition at the British Museum Huge new British Museum show explains how the ubiquity of ‘K’ today stems from Korea’s long history of creativity Evening Standard · Oct 1
British Museum sued by blind man over lack of Bayeux Tapestry audio guides IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 30
British Museum apologises after chaotic queues leave Bayeux Tapestry ticket holders waiting for hours Visitors have reported waiting more than two hours to enter the gallery Evening Standard · Sep 27
We need to talk: Greek PM says efforts to return Parthenon Marbles must be revived Talks on the future of the Parthenon Marbles appear to have reached an impasse according to new reports, as Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis renews diplomatic efforts for all sides to resume stalled negotiations. Euronews · Sep 24
Talks over returning Elgin Marbles to Greece ‘collapse’ Greece’s prime minister said country would not accept ‘any arrangement that would require it to recognise the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures’ The Independent UK · Sep 24
Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’ But Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he cannot accept any arrangement that recognises British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures The Guardian - UK · Sep 24
British Museum bans photos of Bayeux Tapestry as crowds flock to display The rules have been changed just two weeks into the exhibition The Independent UK · Sep 21
France 24 · Sep 21 Bayeux Tapestry craze prompts photo ban at British Museum The British Museum said on Monday that it has banned people from taking photos of the Bayeux Tapestry to prevent crowds from backing up at the new exhibit. The 1,000-year-old artwork is on display in the UK after an unprecedented loan from France, and tickets are sold out until December…
The Independent UK · Sep 12 Brexit was like Battle of Hastings defeat – rejoining EU body will fix it, says George Osborne THE TALK SHOW: The former chancellor and chair of the British Museum tells The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig that much like the Bayeux Tapestry, which he has just brought to Britain, Brexit is not the end of the story
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12 Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10 Francophiles, Norman outfits and broken threads: visitors see Bayeux tapestry in UK for first time Visitors got a first glimpse of the medieval artefact after it went on display at the British Museum in London
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10 Tell us your experience of seeing the Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum We would like to hear your experience of seeing the Bayeux tapestry exhibit at the British Museum
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5 Feeling Bayeux tapestry Fomo? Check out these ancient artefacts instead From iron age knitwear to stone circles, the UK has a wealth of alternatives if you missed out on British Museum tickets
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Two threads torn in Bayeux Tapestry on journey to London from France The Bayeux Tapestry arrived in the UK in July following a top secret, high security operation
Marie Claire · Sep 3 King Charles Shows Off an Impressive Skill and a “Real Bromance” as He Returns From Balmoral The King had French president Emmanuel Macron "crying with laughter" at the British Museum.
The Conversation · Sep 3 How the Bayeux tapestry came alive for the people who viewed it a thousand years ago As a professional embroiderer and textile archaeologist specialising in the early medieval period (450-1100 CE), I was privileged to be asked to contribute to the British Museum’s catalogue for its much-anticipated exhibition of the Bayeux tapestry, which is on display from September 2026 till July 2027.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3 The Bayeux tapestry: a stupefying, thrilling, horrifying masterpiece that shakes the earth The greatest battle ever depicted in art is here at last – and it hurtles along, making your heart pound with its sense of doom and destiny, culminating in fires and corpses on a battlefield full of pathos