Guest Articles Category
Captain Swing and the last great rising of agricultural labourers
February 19, 2019 - Mary Sullivan
As project partner for the Age of Revolution, The University of Kent has been blogging about their involvement and wider role in the dissemination of knowledge about the Age of Revolution. Here’s an edited highlight from their explainer about one of the colouful episodes and characters of the period, Captain Swing and the Swing Riots […]
In Literature and Song: The Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars
May 11, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
This is a guest article by Emma Butcher and Anna Maria Barry. The Napoleonic Wars had a profound effect on British culture of the early nineteenth century. Military memoirs carried vivid, personalised accounts of battle, while ballads, cartoons and dramas reflected patriotic fervour on street corners and stages throughout the country. Barely a single literary […]
The Many Faces of Napoleon: ‘Little Boney’ or Napoleon le Grand?
April 21, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
This is a guest article by Sheila O’Connell, British Museum Curator. See ‘Bonaparte and the British: prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon‘ at the British Museum until 16 August 2015. On a Tuesday at the end of January, we unpacked the marvellous large bronze head of Napoleon Bonaparte made by Antonio Canova for […]
Wellington’s Places: Stratfield Saye
March 19, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
This is a guest article written by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Stratfield Saye was the seat of the first Duke of Wellington, given to him by a grateful nation in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo. At the time of the Battle of Waterloo, a beautiful stately home already existed at Stratfield Saye. The […]
