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Deathwatch Beetle Threat To Celebrated British Warship

HMS Victory has survived the cannonballs of Napoleon's navy, being rammed by another warship, a World War II bomb, even UK navy plans to scrap her.

International Business Times

Soldiers' Gallows Graffiti Revealed For First Time At English Castle

Macabre depictions of hangings carved by soldiers guarding England's biggest medieval castle at a time of looming war with France went on display Monday.

International Business Times

Napoleon's pistols sold for 1.7 million euros at French auction

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros, the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as 'national treasures'.

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French ‘national treasure’ pistols that belonged to Napoleon sell for £1.43m at auction

Auctioneer says pistols represent ‘image of Napoleon at his lowest point’

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Napoleon's Pistols Sold In France For 1.7 Mn Euros: Auctioneers

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million), the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as national treasures.

International Business Times

The world’s most remote island open to tourists no longer takes five nights to get to

The island has just a little more than 4,000 residents is welcoming visitors, writes Nicole Evatt

The Independent UK

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

Markings include public executions and a sailing ship chiselled into door in 1790s by bored English soldiers

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The Channel Tunnel, from pipe dream to European reality

This Monday marks 30 years since France and the United Kingdom officially opened the Channel Tunnel. It was the culmination of two centuries of dreaming about linking the two neighbours by land.

Radio France Internationale

Wild ride from Venice to the Hunter Valley on some well-travelled horses

Does the Hunter Valley have a strong link with St Mark's Basilica in Venice?

Newcastle Herald

Restored cut of century-old Napoleon epic to screen at Cannes Film Festival

After a marathon restoration effort, visionary French director Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoleon will return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May – nearly 100 years after it was made.

Radio France Internationale

Exploring The Legacy Of 10 Legendary Military Leaders

Explore the legacies of ten legendary military leaders, from Alexander the Great to George Washington.

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Ridley Scott's Napoleon to debut on Apple TV Plus

Discover Ridley Scott's epic historical film Napoleon on Apple TV Plus. Follow the rise and complicated love story of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.

Salon

Can't we send Trump into exile?

Tolstoy describes sending a defeated leader with no "human dignity" far, far away — and it sounds like a great idea

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Apple Original Films bags 14 BAFTA Award nominations including Best Film for the hit movie Killers of the Flower Moon

Apple Original Films has picked up no less than 14 BAFTA Award nominations for Killers of the Flower Moon and more.

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Bored of the beach? Stay at these luxury Italian Lake hotels instead

You’ll find a restorative break at these handpicked Italian Lake hotels with Inspiring Travel

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Auto pioneer Enzo Ferrari gets a solid biopic but it doesn't make the heart race

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Total Film

From Barbenheimer to Napoleon, hats became cinema's must-have accessory in 2023

Above everything else, the hats of 2023's best movies tells us that cinema is back

The Conversation

How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became an iconic British food

As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there were none. Neither did it resemble the cold custard-style dessert that Americans…

The Guardian - UK

No country for old men? Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

The Conversation

Napoleon director Ridley Scott is calling on us historians to ‘get a life’ – and he has a point. Art is about more than historical facts

The release of Napoleon unleashed a torrent of objections to historical errors in the movie.

Zenger

Napoleon’s Surrendered Warship Gangway Auctioned For $75,741

Historic timber from HMS Bellerophon, where Napoleon surrendered, to be sold at auction.

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