Like the man whose conquest of England almost a millennium ago it recounts, the Bayeux tapestry crossed the Channel in the dead of night, in as much secrecy as possible, landing on the country’s south coast early the following day. The artefact’s arrival on Friday marked the first time it has retur»»»

After almost 1,000 years, the priceless Medieval Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil – spirited into London's British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech and high-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster. The tapestry’s arrival in London has been wid»»»