Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

E.M. Forster, the British Association and St Helena

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E. M. Forster, photographed in 1930's In the list of famous visitors to St Helena, the scientific community is well represented b...
Monday, 15 July 2013

St Helena Britannica - new publication by the Friends of St Helena

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The Friends of St Helena have recently published this collection of short pieces by the late Trevor W. Hearl(1924-2007) with an excell...
Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Rev Boys, Napoleon and the Death Mask at Bonhams

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I have generally tried to steer clear of the claims and counter claims made over the various death masks of Napoleon, at least until Bo...
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Monday, 13 May 2013

Longwood House: Billiard Room sans Billiard Table

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The Billiard Room at Longwood 2013 Earlier this year the staff at Longwood House were busy crating 36 pieces of furniture to be sen...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Beryl Bainbridge: Napoleon and Me

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Napoleon Dancing at 42 Albert St, Camden Town, to the Strains of the Gramophone, 1967 On returning from St Helena I just managed to c...
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