When the Corsican general seized power in a coup in 1799, he proclaimed himself a defender of the republican ideals that had come from the revolution. But, as Marisa Linton explains, the would-be emperor did all he could to dismantle them
Barclays has signed an off-plan lease for a new, larger office space in Paris. The agreement, for a 12-year period, will see the bank move its French headquarters to 52 Avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement. The building is owned by an institutional investor advised by J.P.
On 22 February 1797, French forces invaded the British mainland, choosing not a key English port but a tiny cove on the north Pembrokeshire coast. Why did they invade? And how were they repelled at the so-called battle of Fishguard? Ahead of the 225th anniversary of the invasion, Dr Malcolm Smith investigates the often-overlooked episode in British history…