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Mia Hansson said she passed the halfway mark in January of this year, having crafted 34.2 metres (112 feet) of the 68.38 metre (224 feet) artwork.

Published: March 10, 2021 at 7:03 am It’s 70 metres long, tells a tale that stretches over land and sea, covers a crucial piece of history, and has a wide cast of characters. Yet the Bayeux Tapestry does not relate the whole story of the Norman Conquest of 1066. It vividly records the head-to-head clash between England’s King Harold II “Godwinson” and Duke William of Normandy, placing these two protagonists firmly in the thick of the action. But it omits pivotal pa...

Born around 1036, Odo was the son of a minor lord of moderate income, one Herluin of Conteville. His mother was Herleva, a daughter of a Falaise tanner named Fulbert. From this marriage was also born Robert of Mortain, Odo’s brother and another of William the Conqueror’s closest supporters. What is more, Herleva had an illegitimate son, born from an extra-marital union with Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Often called “the Bastard,” that son was William the Conqueror. Being the half-brothe...

Someone has sent in a lost key to St. Leonard's Tower in Kent, along with an anonymous note. Now, English Heritage has offered a reward to find out who it is!