Artist shows tapestry still alive

A Scottish artist has shown that the art of tapestry is still alive, unveiling one of the world's longest works.

Community-based artist Andrew Crummy's work depicts the journey of Bonnie Prince Charlie from South Uist to the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745, the BBC reported.

It is around 30 metres longer than the Bayeux tapestry and enlisted the efforts of 200 volunteers from around the world to stitch 104 panels for a total of 25,000 hours.

Mr Crummy told the news site: 'It all started when the Baron of Prestoungrange came back from seeing the Bayeux tapestry and he said to me 'why don't we do a tapestry that depicts the Battle of Prestonpans?'

'But the baron said 'I want it to be one metre longer than the Bayeux tapestry' and I foolishly said 'that sounds like a good idea'.'

Currently the tapestry is touring Scotland to the sites visited by the prince, but it is hoped that it will have a permanent home at the site of the battle in East Lothian.