1st May 2019
In
Art History
The Fantastic Visions of James Gillray
On Thursday 6 June 2019 at 7 pm I'll be giving a talk at Fairfax House, York, entitled 'The Fantastic visions of James Gillray'.
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1st May 2019
In
Art History
Gillray in Grub Street
On 22 May 2019 I shall be giving a seminar paper at the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art in Bedford Square London on 'Gillray in Grub Street: some episodes from the 1780s'. All welcome.
14th September 2018
In
Military History
The Hundred Days
From 17-24 June, along with Ashley Truluck, I shall be guiding an expanded Waterloo tour that now takes in Paris along with Napoleon's palaces of Malmaison and Fontainebleau before picking up the Waterloo campaign from the point where Napoleon invaded the Netherlands. It should be
14th September 2018
In
Military History
The Peninsular War in Southern Spain
From 30 April to 6 May 2019 I shall be back in Andalusia guiding a tour for The Cultural Experience that centres on Cadiz, describing the complex relationship between Britain and Spain during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and taking in the battles of
14th September 2018
In
Art History, History
Spies, Plots and Lies
The beginning of August saw the publication of This Dark Business, an analysis of the early stages of the Secret War against Napoleon. I am quite proud of this book which has been very favourably reviewed by Andrew Roberts in the Sunday Times.
14th September 2018
In
Art History
Mellon Fellowship
I have been awarded a senior fellowship by the Paul Mellon Centre in London to complete a book book provisionally entitled James Gillray and the Business of Satire. I have always wanted to write a book on Gillray and I am most grateful to the
29th August 2017
In
Uncategorised
A Near Run Thing
With that great raconteur and military expert Major-General Ashley Truluck, and wearing my Napoleon hat, I shall be guiding The Cultural Experience's Classic Waterloo Anniversary tour from 15-18 June 2018. Details can be found at www.theculturalexperience.com. Many thanks to all those who made the 2017 tour
29th August 2017
In
Military History
From the Battle of the Nile to the capture of Le Généreux
Norwich Castle Museum, Tuesday 05 September 2017, 12.30-1.00 pm, free with Museum entry. I shall discuss Nelson's search for the French fleet; his brilliant victory in the battle of the Nile; the capture of the Leander, carrying news of the victory by the Généreux; and the
22nd August 2016
In
Military History
The Napoleonic War in Andalucia
I hope to be leading a tour in Andalucia in May 2017 for the Cultural Experience. With the accent on the battle of Trafalgar and the various blockades and sieges of Cadiz, the tour will take in Jaén, the battlefield of Bailén, Cordoba, Seville, Cadiz,
28th July 2016
In
Art History, History, Military History
A week of Gillray and Hogarth at the Lewis Walpole Library
I would like to thank all those involved and especially the organizers for an absolutely fascinating few days at the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut. I was invited for a very interesting and lively study day devoted to James Gillray, followed by seminars led