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20th January 2026

There is an argument for leaving the Bayeux Tapestry in France, and going instead to Reading Museum. Here they have a replica, a project "undertaken by a group of Victorian embroiderers to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry in full, painstakingly reproducing every single detail, stitch-by-stitch, so that the Tapestry's timeless story could be enjoyed by the people of Britain". (Although there are in fact a few differences.)

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