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The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial
The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France “ Harold Rex interfectus est ”: King Harold is killed. As every British schoolchild knows, the Bayeux tapestry depicts a turning point in the history of these islands: defeat at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which would lead to the ascent of William the Conqueror to the English throne. Its return to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years is being hailed as a hugely historic moment in its own right. The loan of the tapestry (technically an embroidery of wool on linen) to the British Museum in exchange for UK treasures from Sutton Hoo is the ultimate manifestation of soft power – a 70-metre symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement in comic-strip form. Ticket sales for the exhibition, which opens on 10 September, were the biggest in a single day in the museu
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The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France “ Harold Rex interfectus est ”: King Harold is killed. As every British schoolchild knows, the Bayeux tapestry depicts a turning point in the history of these islands: defeat at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which would lead to the ascent of William the Conqueror to the English throne. Its return to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years is being hailed as a hugely historic moment in its own right. The loan of the tapestry (technically an embroidery of wool on linen) to the British Museum in exchange for UK treasures from Sutton Hoo is the ultimate manifestation of soft power – a 70-metre symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement in comic-strip form. Ticket sales for the exhibition, which opens on 10 September, were the biggest in a single day in the museu
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According to The Guardian’s source item, The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial, The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France “ Harold Rex interfectus est ”: King Harold is killed. As every British schoolchild knows, the Bayeux tapestry depicts a turning point in the history of these islands: defeat at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which would lead to the ascent of William the Conqueror to the English throne. Its return to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years is being hailed as a hugely historic moment in its own right. The loan of the tapestry (technically an embroidery of wool on linen) to the British Museum in exchange for UK treasures from Sutton Hoo is the ultimate manifestation of soft power – a 70-metre symbol of post-Brexit Anglo-French rapprochement in comic-strip form. Ticket sales for the exhibition, which opens on 10 September, were the biggest in a single day in the museu
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