Helena Handbasket

By Tivoli

Hastings

This unseaworthy vessel on the beach at Hastings seems to have been placed here on the 950th anniversary of that battle. It would appear to be in readiness for some form of celebration on the 1,000th anniversary.

Emmanuel Macron has said he will let us borrow that tapestry and I expect the wrangle with The British Museum about the most appropriate location to display it will probably take at least 48 years. After all, the wrangle with The British Museum about the most appropriate place to display the Parthenon marbles has been going on. And on. And on.

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