TO CELEBRATE the 900th anniversary of its Norman nave, Leominster Priory in Herefordshire is hosting a multi-arts festival ...

From cider to battlefields to medieval towns to calvados, there is such a broad range of interesting things to do in Normandy ...

A passenger steam train is set to travel through Cheshire as part of a unique heritage rail journey. Passengers will have the chance to board the Chiltern Explorer, a steam-hauled service travelling ...

MENTION William the Conqueror and most people think of King Harold, who was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. However, what does history actually tell us about their relationship?Playwright ...

As shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, in 1064 Harold washed up on the Norman coast and was led to Duke William as a captive of Guy of Ponthieu. Below this scene there is a naked man beseeching a woman ...

The Bayeux Tapestry embroidery, measuring 70 metres long and 50 centimetres high, was created in the 1070s, with nine panels comprising 58 scenes showing events leading up to the Norman Conquest ...

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts one of Britain’s most famous clashes, the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson to take the English throne.

TWO scholars are arguing the toss over the number of penises shown on the Bayeux Tapestry. Oxford academic Prof George Garnett claims he identified 93 todgers in the depiction of William the … ...

A missing fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry was discovered in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, more than 80 years after Nazi researchers stole it from ...

Bayeux Tapestry narrates the tale of William, Duke of Normandy. The Bayeux Tapestry - a unique artefact created in the 11th century - will be off the market for some time. Wondering, why?

RHSP/Courtesy Bayeux Museum/Ville de Bayeux A new extension to the Grand Seminary, designed by the British architectural firm RSHP, will house the tapestry and double the exhibition space.