David Hockney, one of the UK’s greatest painters, has made a dramatic intervention to try to stop a plan to bring the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK, over fears it could be irreparably damaged.
The priceless 11th-century work, which depicts the Norman conquest in 1066, is set to be transported from Bayeux in Normandy, France, where it has been on display for many centuries, to be shown at the British Museum as part of a nine-month exhibition set to attract millions of visitors.
