Battle lines

Published Wednesday 06 June 2018 - 08:35 Modified Wednesday 06 June 2018 - 08:35

In your article Bayeux Tapestry: history stitched in time (Connexion, May) you stated that Harold and William thrashed it out in the Kent countryside. The battle of Hastings was in East Sussex.

I am originally from Hastings and lived in Battle Road – and my name is a coincidence.

Norman King, by email

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