After all the festive and nostalgic 100th anniversary celebrations, A Night With Legends such as Bill Parcells and Lawrence ...
The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great Englishman'.
At the Institute’s 2023-24 Annual General Meeting, current Chair Sir David Lidington announced that, at the end of his five-year term of office, he would be succeeded by the Duke of Wellington. The ...
In the life of George Stephenson, the distinguished railroad engineer, it is stated that for a long long period of time the Duke of Wellington would not trust himself behind a locomotive.
For decades, Glaswegians have capped the Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art with a traffic cone. Locals have battled the council over the placement of the cone for years.
There’s a reason Gordon Ramsay’s famous beef Wellington costs $119 dollars per person. it’s a complex dish that marries high-quality ingredients in ...
The sherry dates back to the reign of Queen Victoria, and perhaps some of Abraham Lincoln's presidency A bottle of sherry owned by the first Duke of Wellington has been sold for just over £1,500 ...
Our show-stopping vegetarian version of beef Wellington wraps a savory mushroom and parsnip filling in braided puff pastry for an impressive meatless main.
At the award ceremony the winning authors were given the medal by The Duke of Wellington, a member of the Judging Panel and the prime mover behind the establishment of the Medal in honour of the 1st ...
A popular pub in County Durham is set to close for over two weeks this month, as it undergoes refurbishment works.
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition ...