The Bayeux tapestry is being loaned to United Kingdom

I don't know Hastings at all. Is there anywhere there it could have gone?

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, London-centric as per usual.

The rest of us might be lucky enough to see a pic of it in The Guardian.

How lucky for you all that you will have the chance to see it. I was lucky as well; when we went to France in 2016 it was on my list when we stayed in Bayeux. It was a thrill for me to see it, although DH may have found it a bit dull.

I think it is one of those pieces of art that you could view several times, and learn something new each time.

We didn't know that, escaped, but will look it up. We are just outside Nogent le Bernard, about 30 miles NE of Le Mans.

Oreo

Book that charabanc for November😃

I'll only accept well behaved Gransnetters!

We’ve been shamelessly facetious for a while now with no challenges, what’s happening?🤭

Book that charabanc for November😃

You're in the Sarthe region aren't you, Ashcombe? The tapestry was hidden in Château de Sourches, not far from Le Mans. Along with artworks of several wealthy Jewish families in Paris.

I feel a Gransnet trip coming on.

Yes, I will def go and see it, after the first rush is over.

The loan, which will mark the first time the Bayeux Tapestry has been in the UK in nearly 1,000 years, will be displayed in the The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery of the British Museum in London between September 2026 and July 2027.

Found this on a government site.

Allira

I'm sure my 30X Great Grandmother was one of the embroiderers ...
If only our sitting room was long enough to take it 🤔

Cut into handy portions and distribute round the house?

escaped

Did you know that during WW2 the tapestry was hidden in a château in the countryside? The Germans found it and took it to Paris, where Hermann Göring, a big art fan, had it packaged up ready to be taken to his home in Berlin.
Just in time the Allies arrived in the capital, and the tapestry was saved.
So it has a chequered past.

Interesting! One in the eye for Hermann, you might say😜

I'm sure my 30X Great Grandmother was one of the embroiderers ...
If only our sitting room was long enough to take it 🤔

Did you know that during WW2 the tapestry was hidden in a château in the countryside? The Germans found it and took it to Paris, where Hermann Göring, a big art fan, had it packaged up ready to be taken to his home in Berlin.
Just in time the Allies arrived in the capital, and the tapestry was saved.
So it has a chequered past.

escaped

Also, (starting to sound like a guide book now), you can see William the Conq's thigh bone in Abbey Saint-Étienne in Caen.
The huge Romanesque church was founded in 1063 by William and he was buried there, but during theFrench Wars of Religion, his tomb was opened and the bones were scattered and lost, apart from the thigh bone!

Or William the Conk as we kids used to call him. Bet he never imagined in his wildest dreams that his thigh bone would still be kicking around a thousand years in the future.
He may have been pleased🤔

Allira

Oh dear, if they do get it over here, it might be too fragile to make the return journey. 🤔

We’ll just have to keep it, oh dear what a shame🤭

Oh no! Hadn't thought of that! 🤣
There's probably an ancient guillotine mothballed somewhere in France. Macron would have to go into hiding for agreeing the loan.

Oh dear, if they do get it over here, it might be too fragile to make the return journey. 🤔

It’s not a tapestry, which is woven, it’s a surface embroidery.
Good point watermeadow. Same as the WW2 Overlord Embroidery which was inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry .

It’s not a tapestry, which is woven, it’s a surface embroidery. It’s coming here while its home in Bayeux is renovated.
It’s an absolute wonder of the world because most of it has survived 1000 years and shows us so much of our history. What did people then wear and eat? How did they live, worship, build and fight? What did they find important or funny? Why and when and how was it made and preserved?
It wouldn’t seem boring if you looked closely and learned more about it.

Not exactly a solution to all the problems besetting the UK, is it?

For those of you who understand fabrics, because it is a horizontal, not vertical work of Art, the material comes under the stress of micro vibrations when transported.
Due to the way it hangs.

And it's started. I'm just reading about all the objections now being raised by French experts concerning the transportation of the tapestry. All down to its fragility.

For those of you who understand fabrics, because it is a horizontal, not vertical work of Art, the material comes under the stress of micro vibrations when transported. These movements subtly cause the material to tear. There are already several tiny holes in it which could be very sensitive to handling and movement.

Neither can it be folded, because that would cause cracks, but it will somehow have to be to fitted into three special cases. Apparently it will be rested on a screen, then the framework will be folded inwards. It's going by lorry via the Channel Tunnel, so no boats involved here, small or otherwise!

Excuse any poor English here on my part. I'm translating bits from today's French newspapers.

It's nothing new- people coming over the channel in boats and then taking over...I blame the French lol!
Funny how we all still speak English though...

keepingquiet 😂🤣
It will be in one of these: