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Online event - Breaking the Chain: St Helena and the ending of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Wednesday 27th March, 6-7pm. Register here. Join Sir Brian Unwin, Dr Andrew Pearson and Helena Bennett for a UK-St Helena Heritage Trust...
Martyn Weeds
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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Introducing the UK-St Helena Heritage Trust!
The British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust is now the UK-St Helena Heritage Trust. Following the passing of the Bicentenary of Napoleon’s...
Martyn Weeds
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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Restoring Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob’s Ladder is a Grade I listed monument adjacent to Jamestown, capital of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena in the South...
Martyn Weeds
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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Britain’s obsession with Napoleon
The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the...
Martyn Weeds
Feb 16, 20213 min read
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Romantic Exile
Professor Alan Forrest writes on the St Helena’s part in the Napoleonic legend. If Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon’s imperial dream,...
Martyn Weeds
Dec 10, 20203 min read
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Rich Histories, New Challenges
St. Helena boasts one of the most impressive British built heritage landscapes in the South Atlantic. While the island is most often associa
Martyn Weeds
Nov 14, 20203 min read
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Wine in Exile
Napoleon’s living conditions on Saint Helena were of interest to both British and French authorities, with certain French representatives...
Martyn Weeds
Sep 21, 20202 min read
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