Tapestry’s loan to UK is just another chapter in the love-hate relationship that has spanned the centuries since it was createdFive British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – when Emmanuel Macron first confirmed that...
Read MoreBritish Museum, LondonThe 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...
Read MoreMonarch tells Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum in London that the two nations will share a future ‘woven together’ by history and shared valuesThe loan of the Bayeux tapestry was the “the best possible symbol” of the...
Read MoreCulture secretary Lisa Nandy is among first to view epic embroidery at British Museum marking big step in Anglo-French diplomacyIn the decade after Brexit, the relationship between Britain and France has been defined by rows...
Read MoreCulture secretary Lisa Nandy is among first viewers as epic embroidery is unpacked at British Museum, a landmark in Anglo-French diplomacyIn the decade after Brexit, the relationship between Britain and France has been defined...
Read MoreWant to see some old wonders but don’t fancy forking out £33 for 40 minutes with a tapestry? Our critic celebrates the British treasures you can see all year round – from monstrous crypt carvings to the vaulting glory of our...
Read MoreWant to see some old wonders but don’t fancy forking out £33 for 40 minutes with a tapestry? Our critic celebrates the British treasures you can see all year round – from monstrous crypt carvings to the vaulting glory of our...
Read MoreStarmer launches long defence of his record when asked about former PM’s essay critiquing current government Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, is introducing Alan Milburn.He says Milburn’s report is “really...
Read MoreMajor report on young people not in employment, education or training warns ‘we have neither a system or a plan to deal with it’Young people in the UK: how has the search for work been for you?Pat McFadden, the work and pensions...
Read MoreBritish Museum, LondonThis retelling of Captain Cook’s death and the merging of two cultures is a trove of miraculously preserved wonders – but beware of the shark-toothed club!Relations between Britain and the Pacific kingdom...
Read MoreOur 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled...
Read MoreI was shocked to learn just how many pieces of art sold around the world are forgeries. But should finding out something is a cheap dupe really make us enjoy it less?Many years ago, I met a man in a pub in Bloomsbury who said he...
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