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...
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Martyn Weeds
- Jan 30
- 2 min
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...
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Martyn Weeds
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Martyn Weeds
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Martyn Weeds
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
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,...
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Martyn Weeds
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
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
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Martyn Weeds
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
Wine in Exile
Napoleon’s living conditions on Saint Helena were of interest to both British and French authorities, with certain French representatives...
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