Tag Archives: Waterloo

The Small Ads

I am old enough (hideous confession) to remember when the front page of The Times was all advertisements. (The practice ceased in 1966, and the paper has (harrump, of course!) never been the same since…) A few weeks ago, however, … Continue reading

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A Week at Waterloo

I’ve just visited the excellent exhibition on Waterloo and its consequences – including literary ones – at Cambridge University Library: ‘A damned serious business: Waterloo 1815, the battle and its books’. It is thoroughly to be recommended – well laid … Continue reading

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