Thousands rush to get tickets for Bayeux Tapestry's UK show

The Bayeux Tapestry, an eleventh-century masterpiece depicting the Norman conquest of England in ten sixty-six, is heading to London for the first time. According to RFI, thousands are rushing to secure tickets for the historic exhibition, as one of the world's most celebrated medieval artworks makes its unprecedented journey from France to Britain. The tapestry's arrival highlights a centuries-old fascination with this narrative told entirely in embroidered thread.

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