Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Friday, 22 July 2016

The Airport Debacle: "How ever did they win [the war]?"

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St Helena Independent, July 21st 2016 I don't keep up with what goes on in Parliament, but the St. Helena Independent has confir...

Legion d'honneur: Award for Michel Dancoisne-Martineau

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First Legion d'Honneur Investiture, 1804 - painting by Jean Baptist Debret (1812) The Legion of Honour, first instituted by Napol...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

St Helena Airport: The First Tourists Arrive!

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Three Belgian philatelists arrive by private jet - only 9997 more to go The St Helena Government has announced the resumption of the...
Thursday, 2 June 2016

St Helena Airport: A Serious embarrassment for the Government?

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Lord Ashcroft has apparently had to abandon his plans to fly to St Helena in his private jet because his pilot thinks it would be too ...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

St. Helena Airport: Category C Awaits.

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St. Helena Airport The picture of the runway on Prosperous Bay Plain, towering some 1000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, does not parti...
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