Embroidery of Wikipedia entry of Magna Carta unveiled

A 13 metre-long embroidery which replicates the entire Wikipedia article on Magna Carta which was commissioned by Oxford University's Ruskin School of Art has been unveiled at the British Library. The artwork has been created by British artist Cornelia Parker to mark 800 years since the Charter was signed by King John at Runnymede. Stitched by over 200 carefully selected individuals, many of whom have a connection to civil liberties and the law including almost 40 prisoners, the artwork depicts the Magna Carta Wikipedia page as it appeared last year on the document's 799th birthday. Many contributors were invited to embroider the thousands of words, symbols and images that comprise the webpage. Each stitching words or phrases significant to them, the list ranges from director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti (stitching 'Charter of Liberties') and Baroness Doreen Lawrence ('justice', 'denial' and 'delay') to Lord Igor Judge and Lady Judith Judge ('Habeas Corpus' - a phrase rejected by one of the many prisoners stitching the embroidery), and from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales ('user's manual') and Edward Snowden ('liberty') to Jarvis Cocker ('Common People'). 'I wanted to create a portrait of our age,' said Cornelia Parker. 'All these people have their own opinions about democracy today and I thought carefully about the words they should stitch.