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Bayeux Tapestry Fever

Bayeux Tapestry Fever: Why London Queued for Embroidery Like It Was Glastonbury The British Museum’s blockbuster embroidery show broke queue records, revived academic pedantry, and forced Britain to relive its one truly memorable invasion — as the losing side. When the British Museum opened online ticket sales for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, more than 65,000 people reportedly joined the digital queue within minutes, with wait times stretching past nine hours and…

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New Millennium Gallery

Millennium Gallery Announces New Exhibition Of Things People Pretend To Understand Visitors Spend Entire Afternoon Nodding Thoughtfully At Upside-Down Traffic Cone — Several Return The Following Day To Nod Again, Having Thought Of Something To Say SHEFFIELD — The Millennium Gallery has unveiled its latest exhibition, featuring a traffic cone, three bricks, and what curators describe as “a powerful exploration of municipal confusion.” The bricks are described in the accompanying literature as “a meditation…