The Bayeux Tapestry blockbuster at the British Museum
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And how he hopes it'll become a generational event that people will talk about for decades to come. I am joined by Professor Michael Lewis, who is the curator. of the Bayer Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum, the big blockbuster exhibition in September twenty twenty six, the once in the millennium moment when the tapestry is coming. from France to England. And I do have a bit of skin in the game here. I ought to be clear that Michael and I have co-written a book, The Story of the Bear Tapestry. So our dynamic is slightly different to our normal interviews in that I know the man and we've written a book together. But what we're gonna talk about today
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