The Bayeux tapestry: why more women should be stitched into the fabric of history | Letters
Readers respond to the loan of the Bayeux tapestry I enjoyed your photograph of Andy Burnham, Macron and King Charles admiring the Bayeux tapestry and the king’s comment about the...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Readers respond to the loan of the Bayeux tapestry I enjoyed your photograph of Andy Burnham, Macron and King Charles admiring the Bayeux tapestry and the king’s comment about the “entente amicale” between France and the UK ( Bayeux tapestry loan symbolises ‘entente amicale’ between France and UK, says King Charles, 2 September ). I also enjoyed Burnham’s wry reference to a tapestry that “shows a new leader emerging from a northern territory, travelling to the south of England in search of the crown. Something clearly that couldn’t happen today.” There is a certain irony, however, in there being, I gather, 93 penises portrayed in the tapestry, and six women – three known and three anonymous. Yet all the beautiful and exquisitely observed needlework was done by women. Observation, detail and creativity – significant and often unremarked. Continue reading...