The medieval craftspeople of England were in demand all over Europe for their fabulous embroidery, dressing popes and princes. But this exhibition turns their achievements into a boring history lesson ...

Treasure trove includes intricate ecclesiastical items on loan from the Vatican and cathedrals in Italy and Spain There are many more beautiful objects than two frayed and faded pieces of embroidery, ...

Few English medieval works of art grip the imagination quite like the ferocious and racy Bayeux Tapestry, the embroidered epic of the Norman Conquest. So many storytelling and aesthetic words come ...

Medieval Europe was a place of great emotional incontinence. So much so that historian Johan Huizinga claimed: “Modern man has no idea of the unrestrained extravagance of the medieval heart.” Crying ...

LONDON — It’s the end of an era — yet again. The Victoria and Albert Museum has unveiled a gem of a show about the heyday of English embroidery — from the 12 th to the 15 th centuries — complete with ...

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The Bayeux Tapestry, the medieval embroidery depicting the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066, may have been hung up in the refectory of St Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury, new research ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. English embroidery has a long history as a storytelling medium. During the medieval period, needlework was used to ...

David Greig on Aeschylus, Van Gogh's stolen paintings, TV sci-fi Westworld, the V&A's medieval embroidery, David Bintley and Sally Beamish on the Birmingham Royal Ballet's Tempest. Show more Two Van ...