Battle of Waterloo
The Spectator’s notes
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The tectonic plates of economic life rumble and shift. As ever, market watchers are obsessed by big themes — and…
Facing their Waterloo
The French would still prefer to think of Napoleon’s last defeat as a moral victory
My nominee for politician of the year: the honourable member for Athens B
After the heat of battle: the accolades, the recriminations, the telling of history by the victors. It’s six months early…
High life
The time-honoured saying that England’s great battles have been won on the playing fields of Eton is a lot of…
Napoleon’s last victory
If you visit Waterloo today, there’s no question which general comes out on top
Osborne’s Waterloo
The defence of Hougoumont is one of the great British feats of arms. If the farmhouse had fallen to Bonaparte’s…
