Michael Lewis

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HistoryExtra podcast · The Bayeux Tapestry blockbuster at the British Museum · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

I mean, obviously 1066 is such an important date in our history.

And the fact that there's this object that exists that depicts this event, but normally is in France and is coming back to England, can't say the UK really, but going back to England for the first time in, you know, since it was made probably, you know, 950 odd years ago.

I mean, it's a one-off opportunity, isn't it really?

Yeah.

One of

things

Well, I mean, obviously home then and home now are kind of slightly different things.

I mean, I sometimes have talked about a sort of homecoming for the Bayer tapestry.

I think we have to be a little bit cautious about it because obviously England now is completely influenced by the fact the Norman Conquest...

know finished i think it always kind of strikes me a little bit that when i go to the reenactment at battle that most people are cheering on harold as if they identify with him more than they do with william duke of normandy and of course you know england has changed significantly since 1066

in some part because of 1066, but in other ways also.

And of course, you know, the language we speak is derived from the fact that the Normans conquered England and obviously many cultural aspects as well.

So it always does surprise me that, you know, the New English who came out of the Norman conquest are cheering on the English of the past rather than the Normans, which maybe they're closer to.

So I think we have to appreciate that it's not as straightforward as sometimes people think about it.

In fact, I was having a conversation with some of my French colleagues the other day about this.

They're from Normandy, and they actually identify quite closely with the English because of the Norman conquest.

You know, they see themselves as not necessarily the same people, but as part of the same diaspora.

So I think it's probably not completely helpful to kind of divide things down quite black and white sort of tribal lines.

But hopefully, again, it will be something that comes out of this exhibition that people do reflect on the fact that we have this more complicated history because of the Norman Conquest.

And in fact, you know, even with the Norman Conquest, it doesn't mean that there was no incomers ever since.

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