Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Monday, 21 September 2009
The Briars - 50 Year Anniversary
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It is now 50 years since the Briars was added to the French properties on St. Helena. I had forgotten this, but on return from a short inter...
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Napoleon would have loved Google
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About the only thing Bill Gates and I have in common is that we both underestimated the significance of the internet. On a visit to CERN in...
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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Betsy Balcombe, Napoleon and the Briars
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My life has been a chequered and a melancholy one .. - Betsy Balcombe (1802-1871) Napoleon never ceased to be the preoccupation of my mother...
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Saturday, 29 August 2009
Bertrand's Cottage - a postscript
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No sooner had I done the last entry regarding Michel's blog than a new entry appeared, and then another. I have a numb...
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Bertrand's Cottage Back to Life
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This blog would never have started but for Michel Dancoisne-Martineau, whose suggestion it was. One of my aims was to provide an occasiona...
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