Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Napoleon and the Weather: An Early Chaos Theorist?

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Satellite image showing cloud formations over St. Helena. There is a lot of weather on St Helena, and nowhere more perhaps than at L...
Friday, 28 October 2016

St Helena Exhibition at Les Invalides: The Most Popular Ever at the Museum

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In what seems like another age, before we realised that there were serious problems with St.Helena's new airport, I blogged about ...
Friday, 21 October 2016

St. Helena Airport: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

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The St Helena Independent, October 21st 2016 Sometime this afternoon an Avro RJ100 is scheduled to land on St Helena. It will be usi...
Saturday, 1 October 2016

St Helen Airport - Napoleon's Revenge?

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A first for St. Helena Airport: two planes side by side The sight of two planes on the tarmac at the island's £290 million pound ...
Saturday, 27 August 2016

Queen Victoria's Visit to Napoleon's Tomb

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Queen Victoria at the Tomb of Napoleon, 24 August 1855, by Edward Matthew Ward Queen Victoria's official visit to France during t...
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