Bayeux Talk Series: 2 The Bayeux Tapestry: a Medieval Embroidery with Superpowers

Dr David Musgrove is taking the stage at Victoria Hall Town Hall on Saturday 14 November, from 11am to 12pm, for the second talk in a series of three running at Reading Museum & Town Hall. The session is titled The Bayeux Tapestry: a Medieval Embroidery with Superpowers, and it's built around the tapestry as a medieval embroidery rather than just a historical record. Musgrove looks at how the work has shaped what we know about the Norman Conquest and how it continues to exert its influence to this day.

There's a specific reason for the timing: the talk comes in advance of the Bayeux Tapestry being loaned to the British Museum. If you've ever looked at it and wondered how a thousand-year-old piece of embroidery still carries so much weight, this is exactly the kind of thing Musgrove spends his time on. He's the content director of History Extra magazine and its podcast, and he co-authored The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry with Professor Michael Lewis, so he knows the subject inside out.

It's the second of three talks in the series, so if you're into this sort of thing, there's a bit more to it than just the one morning. Tickets are £15 per person, and there's a 10% discount if you book for all three talks at once. It runs from 11am to 12pm on Saturday 14 November at Victoria Hall Town Hall, in the Reading Museum & Town Hall complex.