The Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the 1066 Battle of Hastings, has returned to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. This landmark cultural exchange, where the tapestry is loaned to the British Museum in exchange for UK treasures from Sutton Hoo, is seen as a significant symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement.
Ticket sales for the exhibition, opening on September 10, were the highest in a single day in the museum's history, with online queues reaching 80,000. Radio 4 is dedicating a day of special broadcasts to mark its arrival, including a new drama with verse from the poet laureate Simon Armitage. The museum's videos explaining the tale are narrated by Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman, sparking "Norman-mania."