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The Stone of Scone. Duncan Bryceland / Alamy Stock Photo

April 28, 2023

King Charles III coronation: what the controversy over an ancient stone tells us about historical symbols in the modern age

Gordon McKelvie, University of Winchester and Katherine Weikert, University of Winchester

The return of the Stone of Scone to Westminster has proven controversial.

The comet SWAN was spotted in January by an ESA/NASA satellite. It is currently passing overhead and is visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Christian Gloor/Flickr

July 16, 2020

Halley’s Comet, Covid-19 and the history of ‘miracle’ anti-comet remedies

Sylvain Chaty, Université Paris Cité

Are you hesitating to buy anti-Covid-19 toothpaste? 100 years ago, you might have found some miracle elixirs to protect you from Halley’s Comet.

A new act in the drama of the 58 scene medieval tapestry unfolds, as an art historian says the tapestry was made for Bayeux Cathedral. (Shutterstock)

November 18, 2019

Bayeux tapestry mystery: England’s cultural icon may have been made for France

Shirley Ann Brown, York University, Canada

The 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry is as much an object of fascination for its mysterious origins and formidable craft as it is for the nationalist debates it continues to inspire.

Bruce, J. Collingwood (John Collingwood), 1805-1892

January 18, 2018

Bayeux and Brexit: what the tapestry says about the UK’s shared European heritage

Kathryn Hurlock, Manchester Metropolitan University

After the Norman Conquest, England’s fate became intimately entwined with France and an enduring relationship with Western Europe was born.

January 17, 2018

Bayeux Tapestry is going home after 950 years – medieval history professor

Lindy Grant, University of Reading

Nine centuries after it was commissioned to celebrate the Norman Conquest, the famed tapestry is finally going to visit England.

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