Horatio Nelson
Musical tributes to Nelson found in Lady Hamilton’s songbooks
Four pieces, written by personal friends of the admiral, discovered at Museum of London during lockdown
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
28, Oct, 2021 @5:01 AM
Nelson urged mistress to give their baby girl 'new' smallpox vaccine
Naval hero praises Jenner’s cowpox jab in a newly found love letter to Emma Hamilton, written as he prepared for war
Donna Ferguson
14, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
Long live Barbados as a republic, soon to be free of tarnished 'global Britain' | Guy Hewitt
The shameful Windrush scandal altered perceptions of the ‘mother country’, says former Barbados high commissioner to the UK Guy Hewitt
Guy Hewitt
22, Sep, 2020 @12:39 PM
Lord Nelson's watch expected to fetch up to £450,000 at Sotheby's
Timepiece used during Battle of Trafalgar will be auctioned on 4 July
Maev Kennedy
22, Jun, 2018 @12:26 PM
Don’t knock Nelson for failing to fight slavery – he had a war to look after | Letters
Letters: The descendant of a 19th-century abolitionist points out that even Wilberforce had his flaws. Plus other reactions to Afua Hirsch’s piece on Britain’s view of its imperial history
Letters
04, Jun, 2018 @5:02 PM
Fragment of Nelson's flag from Battle of Trafalgar up for sale
Sotheby’s to auction rare surviving piece of union flag flown from HMS Victory during admiral’s greatest – and final – victory
Maev Kennedy
07, Jan, 2018 @2:24 PM
Petulant and jealous: Lord Nelson letters reveal his less noble side
Correspondence to be sold by Sotheby’s shows his love for Emma Hamilton and sense of frustration when not in combat
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
27, Dec, 2017 @4:08 PM
Lord Nelson’s rotating gems recreated decades after original was stolen
Royal Navy museum in Portsmouth to display replica of admiral’s ‘bizarre’ diamond-laden plume on Trafalgar Day
Maev Kennedy
20, Oct, 2017 @5:00 PM
We wouldn’t put up a statue to Nelson or Robert E Lee today | Letters
Letters: Robert E Lee was undoubtedly a supporter of slavery
Letters
24, Aug, 2017 @5:48 PM
Off with their heads: 3D scans reveal Lord Nelson and PM Pitt's secrets
Wax portrait heads of historical figures captured in extraordinary detail in pioneering partnership of art and science
Maev Kennedy
03, May, 2017 @6:00 AM
Emma Hamilton: Seduction and Celebrity review – the betrayal of Nelson's mistress
National Maritime Museum, London
She was the irresistible beauty from the brothels who captivated Europe. This vivid show is a glorious reminder of her rise and fall
She was the irresistible beauty from the brothels who captivated Europe. This vivid show is a glorious reminder of her rise and fall
Jonathan Jones
01, Nov, 2016 @3:48 PM
Emma Hamilton portrait bought by her lover Lord Nelson to go on display
Vigée Le Brun painting joins exhibition centred on extraordinary life of the woman famed for being Nelson’s mistress
Maev Kennedy
23, Oct, 2016 @2:22 PM
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