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Arts feature

Why Thomas Becket still divides opinion

The verdict is still out on Thomas Becket, says Dan Hitchens, but there’s no doubting the brilliance of the art he inspired

22 May 2021

9:00 AM

22 May 2021

9:00 AM

Visitors to the British Museum’s new exhibition will become acquainted with one of the most gloriously bizarre stories in the history of English Christianity: the tale of Eilward, a 12th-century Bedfordshire peasant. One day Eilward is in the pub when he has the misfortune to run into his neighbour Fulk, to whom he owes a small debt.

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Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint is at the British Museum until 22 August.

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