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Old 19-01-2018, 00:42   #31
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We've got a new one - pretty much sums up the current world situation too!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...demned-racist/
Thanks for that Ben - I had no idea! What a shame it’s become embroiled in a racism row.

I wonder if the new tapestry depicts the modern-day penchant amongst Britons for bickering with each other instead of facing the World together....
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I was wondering if the tapestry is still in the UK or it was transferred...
Don’t think it’s due here until 2022.
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There's already a copy (made in 1885 by ladies from Staffordshire).

http://www2.readingmuseum.org.uk/col...yeux-tapestry/
That link didn't work. This link did.

https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/you...bayeux-gallery

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British Museum seems the logical place for most people to see it. Plus they probably are the best to handle it in terms of expertise and security. Hastings and Battle Abbey will be harder for those that live outside the area. That said another thing going to London might be politically difficult.
Reading Museum would be an excellent location so that the two can be viewed side by side.

Maybe someone can work a "fallen Madonna with the big boobies" trick!
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