About Longer Reads
This page will largely feature extracts from my upcoming Nelson biography, Lamented Hero. These pieces will be ideal content for the train to work, idling in bed, or loafing on the loo.
‘Popular applause is very acceptable and grateful to me, but no man ought to be too much elated by it. It is too precarious to be depended upon, and it may be my turn to feel the tide set as strong against me as ever it did for me.’
Horatio Nelson
Longer Reads
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A Right to be Blind – Fabricating Nelson’s Past
Nelson famously said he had ‘a right to be blind sometimes’; it appears the media enjoys a similar right, none more so than when he is their focus.
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Parliament & The Removal of Nelson’s Portraits
Two pictures of Nelson are reported to have been removed from Parliament recently. This is my take on the matter.
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It Could Be Him: Nelson and the National Lottery
The concept of a ‘National Lottery’ goes back centuries. And Nelson was often keen to have a flutter.
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The Immortal Memory – How to Raise a Toast on Trafalgar Day/Night
It’s Trafalgar Day. Or Night. How can you get involved at home? Easy! Read here.
Nelson The Sailor 