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A new entente? How Bayeux tapestry’s London arrival is mending post-Brexit relations
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy is among first to view epic embroidery at British Museum marking big step in Anglo-French diplomacy In the decade after Brexit, the relationship between Britain and France has been defined by rows over fishing rights, Channel crossings and trade. Boris Johnson even mocked Emmanuel Macron, telling his French counterpart to “donnez-moi un break” . This week, that fractious chapter gave way to one of the most significant acts of cultural diplomacy between the two countries in decades. Almost 1,000 years after it was created, the Bayeux tapestry arrived at the British
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