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November 2026

London, November 12, 17.30, talk, free

Mark Hagger, “A day of destiny for England”: The Norman impact on the British Isles 1066-c.1136, Senate House, WC1E 7HU, book here.

London, November 12, 11.00-16.00, workshop

Making and Remaking the Bayeux Tapestry. Senate House, WC1E 7HU, book here.

This workshop explores how the Bayeux Tapestry has inspired creative responses from the eleventh century to the present. It will include talks on what we can learn from the Tapestry about its creation and restoration, how and why ideas about the making of the Tapestry have changed over time, and the nineteenth-century reproduction of the Tapestry now at Reading Museum. Participants will also have the opportunity to make their own embroideries inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry.

Reading, November 14, 11.00, talk

David Musgrove, The Bayeux Tapestry: A Medieval Embroidery with Superpowers. Reading Museum, RG1 1QH, book here.

Online, November 18, 10.00, talk for schools

Emily Winkler, The Bayeux Tapestry – what can it tell us about the history of 1066? Zoom, book here.

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

Reading, February 6, 11.00, talk

Anne Curry, Henry V, Duke of Normandy: Reviving the Memory of William the Conqueror in the Hundred Years War. Reading Museum, RG1 1QH, book here.