00:00A thousand-year-old embroidery is attracting the kind of demand usually associated with
00:06major entertainment events. Tickets to see the Bayou Tapestry at the British Museum sold out
00:12within three hours during the latest release, faster than the first batch. Spending data from
00:18Monzo suggests younger visitors are helping drive the interest, with more than half of buyers aged
00:24under 35. The bank recorded 48 times its usual Wednesday morning payments to the museum in the
00:32first hour of sales. Almost half of buyers were based outside of London, suggesting the exhibition
00:38is drawing visitors from across the country for a rare chance to see the historic work.
