Our correspondent Martin Bailey visits the blockbuster show on its first day to see what the experience is really like for the paying public

A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show

We take a look at the celebrated embroidery as it goes on view at the British Museum, speak to our reporter Sarvy Geranpayeh about the efforts to protect important sites in Iran and hear from Self about her Fourth Plinth commission

As the British Museum opens its decades-in-the-making exhibition of the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery, we pored over its past and present journey

Likely commissioned in France but made in England, the tapestry could have been called ‘the Canterbury Embroidery’ joked the King in a speech

There is plenty to read about the medieval masterpiece as it returns to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years

Winning primary school classes will receive a free trip to the British Museum in London to see the Bayeux Tapestry, as well as a funded visit to the Battle of Hastings site

The medieval embroidery was delivered to the museum from France in the early hours of the morning ahead of the September exhibition opening

Tickets to view the fragile medieval tapestry, which is on rare loan from France, are now sold out through the end of 2026, with further releases to come

The first tranche of tickets can be booked from 1 July; members, meanwhile, will only be able to visit free-of-charge twice

The funding, from Belarus-born hedge fund billionaire Igor Tulchinsky, will help facilitate schools' access to the historic textile

The artist says he is concerned about the “physical and environmental risks” posed by sending the work to the British Museum

Historic embroidery will be protected from damage or loss under taxpayer-backed scheme

The tapestry will be lent to the museum from September 2026 to July 2027, returning to England for the first time in nearly a thousand years

Nicholas Cullinan says that French and UK experts will guide every stage of the loan

The appeal references alleged warnings from textile restorers that a move could risk damaging the 1,000-year-old work’s embroidered linen fabric

The French president made the comments yesterday at a ceremony attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

The tapestry will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026, as part of a bilateral season of culture between the UK and France

In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a scabbard

London museum signs memorandum of understanding with Bayeux city officials to develop curatorial and scientific exchange

Cross-channel collaboration involves translating, conserving and digitalising the historic embroidery