BEYOND THE THREADS: 1066 MEETS CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE GUILDHALL
1066: THE TAPESTRY OF A CONQUEST (PART 4) From the ancient walls of All Hallows and the sunlit slopes of Hastings to the magnificent displays at the British Museum, my journey through 1066 felt complete. But then I realised there was one last, wonderful stop right in the heart of the City of London—an exhibition connecting nearly a thousand years of craft: "Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now" at the Guildhall Art Gallery. If history gave us the story of the Norman Conquest, stepping
FACE TO FACE WITH THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY IN LONDON
1066: THE TAPESTRY OF A CONQUEST (PART 3) Getting lost in the details of a 1,000-year-old masterpiece After standing under the ancient Saxon arch at All Hallows and feeling the energy on the battlefield at Hastings, our journey brings us back to London for the final stop. And what a finale it is! I headed straight to the British Museum to see their once-in-a-generation exhibition—and it was an absolute highlight. If Blog 1 was about the quiet origins and Blog 2 was about the
SUN, SHIELDS AND SHOUTING AT HASTINGS
1066: THE TAPESTRY OF A CONQUEST (PART 2) Stepping onto the battlefield to relive the day England changed forever From the quiet, stone-arch sanctuary of a London church, our 1066 story leads straight south! Leaving the capital behind, I traded city streets for the wide-open hills of East Sussex, so excited to feel the raw energy of the actual spot where history was rewritten—the grounds managed by English Heritage at the 1066 Battle of Hastings Abbey and Battlefield. If Blog