Interested in the history of St Helena? We have three recent webinars to view on our website, featuring rosy views of the island in the East India Company era, British politicking in the time of Napoleon's exile, and the long history of enslavement and abolition on the island. All free to watch.

Anthony Emmett of the Royal Engineers was only about 25, but already much battle-scarred, when he was appointed commanding royal engineer on St Helena during Napoléon's exile. It may have been his dream job...