The Bayeux Tapestry is British – we should keep it
Despite its name, the Bayeux Tapestry is British…and it should therefore be kept permanently in the British Museum, argues James Ford I have a big problem with the Bayeux Tapestry. Firstly, it is not a tapestry, it is an embroidery. Secondly, it was not made in Bayeux. Historians believe it was stitched and sewn in [...]
James Ford insists the Bayeux Tapestry belongs in the British Museum, not France. He argues it is not a tapestry, but embroidery made in Kent, not Bayeux. Ford says this artifact is English, so it should be a permanent fixture at the British Museum instead of a temporary exhibit. He calls its French origins a symbol of our own oppression, pointing to the Norman conquest and the brutal Harrying of the North.
Ford believes the French should swap this English masterpiece for a 70-meter embroidery of other battles. He says it's time to stop calling it the Bayeux Tapestry and recognize its true English origins.
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