David Hockney says moving Bayeux Tapestry to UK is 'madness'

Artist David Hockney has described a plan to move the Bayeux Tapestry from France to the UK later this year as "madness", describing it as too much of a risk.The 70m-long embroidery, more than 900 years old, is due to go on display at the British Museum in London in September.But Hockney, writing in the Independent, said the "beautiful as well as historically important" masterpiece could be damaged in transit and…