From hotel suites to virtual reality, museums turn to licensing deals as costs rise Natural History Museum and British Museum among cultural institutions leveraging collections and exhibitions The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Normans, Nudes and No Queues: Reading’s Other Bayeux While the British Museum queues for Bayeux, Reading offers space to breathe: a full-scale Victorian version, Norman ruins, plus grand rooms and a surprisingly serious restaurant at The Roseate Reading. Evening Standard · Sep 29
Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins The Guardian - UK · Sep 12