Tag Archives: Longwood

Wandering dogs prompt ‘zero tolerance’ warning

Posted on 22 October, 2012 by

Police report continuing problems with dogs being allowed to wander loose on St Helena. Officers had to round up animals roaming in the airport development area at Longwood on 16 October 2012, and complaints have been made on other occasions. … Continue reading →

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Napoleon seeks Friends

Posted on 19 July, 2012 by

It had to happen: Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of Longwood, has got a Facebook account. He calls himself Napoleone Buonaparte, but apart from failing to spell his name correctly in English, it’s the same chap. His profile says he worked at … Continue reading →

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Napoleon’s Longwood letter has experts debating

Posted on 7 June, 2012 by

A letter written by Napoleon at Longwood – in English – has set commentators off on a debate about whether he was any good at his captors’ language. The letter is tipped to fetch in the region of £65,000 at … Continue reading →

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Territories vote early on who gets a ticket to Longwood

Posted on 21 April, 2012 by

It’s long been a gripe (for some) that people in British overseas territories don’t have a vote in UK parliamentary elections, while their counterparts in French overseas territories do vote in theirs. In fact, the citizens of St Pierre et Miquelon and … Continue reading →

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