Reading's replica was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle, an accomplished embroideress and the wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle. Elizabeth had decided to make a full size replica 'so that ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most treasured artworks ... You can go and visit the replica (and its new underpants) at the Reading Museum. Although this may be the most famous scene on the ...

Reading's replica was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle, an accomplished embroideress and the wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle. Elizabeth had decided to make a full size replica 'so that ...