TMW’s Natasha Hodgson has been busy in the run-up to the highly anticipated British Museum Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, writing several pieces for and speaking with UK media outlets on the women of the Bayeux Tapestry.
First there was a Conversation UK piece on the women depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry: https://theconversation.com/what-three-female-figures-in-the-bayeux-tapestry-reveal-about-medieval-women-289344
She also wrote a follow-up piece for the Conversation on Matilda of Flanders who may not be depicted on the embroidery herself, but the ship that she commissioned and had built for William the Conqueror is: https://theconversation.com/bayeux-tapestry-matilda-of-flanders-the-woman-who-was-instrumental-to-william-the-conquerors-success-290570
On Thursday 3 September she was at the official launch for the exhibition where she spoke with Nick Robinson about the women on the tapestry for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (available to listen on BBC Sounds, from 53:42 mark): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030yqx
On Sunday 6 September she also wrote a piece for the Independent on the identity of Ælgyva, the Bayeux Tapestry’s ‘mystery woman’: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/bayeux-tapestry-woman-story-b3044786.html
On the same day she also spoke with Julian Worricker on BBC World Service Weekend show about the Bayeux Tapestry and some of the mysteries behind the embroidery: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1730c5qf0q84g0 (listen from 13:05 onwards).
Natasha also spoke with Anne Davies on BBC East Midlands Today about the experience of seeing the Bayeux Tapestry ahead of the exhibition’s opening. The interview was part of the 8 September evening show: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0031bv1/east-midlands-today-evening-news-08092026 (from 22:20).
Natasha also spoke about the Bayeux Tapestry and the women who made it on BBC Radio Nottingham on 8 September. Listen here (from 1:15:00): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030vbm
With only days away now until the exhibition goes live, we’re so excited that the iconic embroidery is back in England where it very likely was made almost a thousand years ago. For more discussion on the embroidery (and the women involved in its production), check out our recent TMW resource on the Women of the Bayeux Tapestry.
