News about Napoleon Bonaparte

AADAM PATEL IN ISTANBUL: Napoleon Bonaparte once described Istanbul as the capital of the world if the Earth was a single state. Now it is home to the man who has always wanted to be the centre of attention. Jose Mourinho , manager of Fenerbahce, who welcomes none other than his old club Manchester United to Turkey in the Europa League this week when he will be front and centre again. Just how he likes it. The former Chelsea , Spurs and United boss is living in the Four Seasons Hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus, a place fittingly opulent where the cheapest suites start at £1,000 per night, pocket money for someone getting £10m a season for taking the Fenerbahce job on a two-year deal. From his suite in this 19th-century palace on the European side of Istanbul, the views extend across the Bosphorus Strait, to the Asian side where Fenerbahce are based. On the evening Mail Sport encounters Mourinho in the hotel courtyard, he is dressed top to bottom in an Adidas tracksuit - a commercial relationship stretching almost two decades.

Businessman David De Min hopes to transform the 33-acre fortress Dover Citadel on the Kent Coast into a world-renowned tourist and business destination which will also feature its own whiskey distillery, wellness spa and music and arts venue. He bought the site from the Ministry of Justice three years ago for £1.8 million but estimates the ambitious project may reach between £200million and half a billion pounds once finished so is currently working on securing funding from undisclosed Emirati Royals among other potential investors. The oldest part of the fort - perched high on Dover's famous White Cliffs overlooking the coast of France some 20-miles away across the Channel - was built in 1775 and became the first line of defence against Napoleon Bonaparte and his naval fleet. It was later used as military barracks in the Crimean War and both World Wars but in 1956 the Citadel was handed over to HM Prison Service where it served as a Young Offenders Institution until 2002 when it became an Immigration Detention Centre before closing in 2015.

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A high-end Paris grocery store owned by luxury-goods conglomerate LVMH has an American food section consisting of items like marshmallow spread and six varieties of microwave popcorn. La Grande Épicerie , located about a mile from Napoleon Bonaparte's final resting place, is known for selling international foods.

Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso was told to leave after officials said she had created an 'inappropriate atmosphere' with her behaviour. The stunning 20-year-old blonde, who lost her event on the first day of competition, had been seen walking round in her own choice of outfits rather than the official kit provided by Paraguayan team chiefs. She has also been spotted socialising with other athletes and was said to be distracting her teammates still competing. Alonso checked into a hotel in the French capital and visited high end boutiques and restaurants - and posted photos to her 500,000 followers on her social media.

While South Korean Lim Sihyeon wowed with a world record in the women's Olympic archery ranking round, Australia's Peter Boukouvalas was left disappointed with his Paris debut.

He is the British millionaire dubbed the 'Cosmetics King' who is leading a rescue bid to save The Body Shop. Tycoon Mike Jatania is on the verge of sealing a deal that will drag the beloved chain out of the depths of administration. The self-confessed lover of a 'good Bordeaux red wine' and fine dining is one of Britain's richest businessman and alongside his three brothers - Vin, Danny and George - the Jatanias are thought to be worth at least £650 million. They amassed their fortune by buying up unglamorous brands - such as Harmony hairspray and Lipsyl lip salve - and selling them off through family business Lornamead. Mike joined Lornamead in 1985 and became chief executive in 1990, once quipping: 'The fact that I am the youngest and I run the group says a lot about my brothers and their judgment.' The family business was sold to Hong Kong rival Li & Fung in 2013 for a reported $190 million to help swell the family's bank balance further.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE: The department store is viewed mainly as a post-1850 phenomenon although many businesses, notably Fortnum & Mason (1707) and Debenhams (1778), had their origins in the 18th century. However, they were, respectively, a grocer's and a draper's merchants at the time. Certainly, the precursor to the department store was Harding, Howell & Co., established in Pall Mall in 1796. The shop was on the ground floor, divided by glazed mahogany partitions into four 'departments': furs and fans; haberdashery; jewellery, ornaments and perfumery; millinery and textiles. Modern multi-level department stores were influenced by Aristide Boucicaut's redevelopment, in 1852, of an early novelty shop to create Le Bon Marche in Paris, which transformed traditional retail by offering a wide range of goods on multiple floors under one roof.

Security footage captured the moment a white van bearing Bulgarian licence plates pulled up near the landmark before two men, dressed head to toe in black, unloaded five full-sized coffins and dumped them on the pavement on Saturday morning. All three individuals involved were quickly arrested, with Parisian investigators reportedly discovering material on the phone of one detainee connecting him to another group who defaced a Holocaust memorial in the French capital last month. That act - along with another in October which saw 250 Stars of David stencilled on walls throughout the French capital - are thought to have been organised by Russia 's FSB security services, according to France 's Foreign Ministry. The unsettling stunt comes as French authorities remain on high alert for potential terror attacks, protests and disruptive behaviour with Paris set to host the Olympic Games in a matter of weeks. The motive for the incident was unclear, but it comes just one week after top Ukrainian officials announced they had signed paperwork with France's defence ministry that would see French troops deploy to Ukraine to train Kyiv's soldiers.

War hero and Britain's oldest World War Two veteran Donald Rose, 109, was honoured with a flyover from two Spitfire aircraft at his care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on Monday. The former sniper and Desert Rat, also served with the Queen's Royal Regiment and was given the Legion D'Honneur - France's highest honour medal for his services. Donald lived in Westcott, Surrey with his late wife Jeannette of 55 years, before moving to Derbyshire in 2000 when she passed away.

After celebrating the heroic life of Legion d'Honneur winner Donald Hunter, 98, family and friends left St Mildred's Church in Kent to find the yellow penalty ticket on the car. The vehicle, in which the grieving family had travelled to the funeral, was partially parked on zigzag lines behind the hearse when it was spotted by a traffic warden.

19th-century books with green covers contain worrying levels of arsenic, prompting some libraries to remove them from the shelves. Arsenic was combined with copper to create the vivid green which was linked to stomach cancer and hand lesions when handled in extreme amounts.

The Duke of Edinburgh was a larger-than-life character, but even he paled to next to his colourful aunt, Marie. A relative of Napoleon Bonaparte she was a fascinating character, famed for her all-consuming interest in sex and psychoanalysis, her friendship with Sigmund Freud and her unconventional lifestyle. Born Marie Bonaparte in 1882, Marie was the great-granddaughter of Napoleon I's rebellious younger brother Lucien. She was fabulously rich thanks to her maternal grandfather François Blanc who made his fortune on real-estate development in Monaco, buying 97 percent of the casino in Monte Carlo.

Brian Cox has branded Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte 'truly terrible'' in a scathing new interview. The Succession actor, 77, said Oscar-winner Phoenix's performance in the 2023 Ridley Scott epic was 'wacky' and 'appalling' and declared he would have played the role 'a lot better'.

Paros is trending after being a location in Netflix's One Day, with Airbnb seeing a 33% increase in searches by UK visitors. Charlie Kitcat explores the in-demand island, based himself in Naoussa, where the ruins of a 15th-century Venetian castle stretch into the stunning Aegean ruins.'

If we all had barcodes tattooed on our foreheads at birth, it would be extremely useful to the authorities. After all, if you have nothing to worry and have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear, or at least you can say - and we'll get to that. However, there's more to life than the convenience of state bureaucrats sat behind desks. And my prediction is that even if we did submit to such injustices, we would still spend a significant portion of our lives waiting for formalities and being denied. Lord Blunkett is now as wrong as he was 20 years ago when he proposed Identity Cards, a supposed solution-all for our problems, but his backers never stopped worrying about the subject. If they did, they might wonder why they are always called 'ID' cards for short. What does the 'D' stand for? Nobody knows. No one can tell what use they might be used in the same way. They were certainly less than no use at all when they were imposed on this world at the start of World War II in September 1939. I have combed the archives for any evidence that they ever helped uncover a spy-ring or anything of that kind

Although British chocolate bunnies are hiding, making Spring-themed bonnets, or raising their feet and enjoying a buttered hot cross bun, many countries around the world are celebrating Easter with their own peculiar traditions. From hiding cigarettes near churches to making a massive omelette and whipping family members, each country has its own twist on hour, so some traditions may surprise you. Children in Finland dress up as the spooky spectres and roam the streets, going from door to door to request treats and giving blessings. People in Papua New Guinea have adapted to the heat, and instead of hiding chocolate eggs, people smoke cigarettes in trees near churches. Following the traditional Easter service, worshipers go outside and look for the packets. Although it is not the healthiest treatment, there is no doubt that attendance is on the rise.

They, NATO, and America, are present in other regions of the world,'s president said, and they continue to lie there to deceive.' They are preparing to strike our territories and are planning to do so by using the best available resources. But we recall the fate of those who attempt to take over our territories, and we know that their destiny will be much more tragic than what we could imagine.' In his address, Putin lauded Russia's vastly expanded nuclear arsenal while simultaneously advising the West: "They should know that we also have weapons and equipment that can destroy them on their own territories,' Putin said of them. Of course, all of this is very risky because it could have triggered the use of nuclear weapons. Do they not understand that?' The Russian president was also reassured that'strategic nuclear forces are in a state of absolute readiness for guaranteed use.'

Following Napoleonic-era battles, including at Leipzig and the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, soldiers' front teeth were stolen from war dead for use by dentists. According to respected German archaeologist Arne Homann's paper, they were most likely taken from morgues, cemeteries, and execution sites in the United Kingdom. Although the phenomenon of 'Waterloo teeth' has existed for decades, Mr Homann's study is the most comprehensive inquiry that has ever been conducted into the subject. He draws from scores of sources to reveal the full extent of the horrific act, but also shows how the mention of the Battle of Waterloo in the sale of dental implants was a good marketing tactic that often disguised more obscure origins of re-purposed human teeth. Mr Homann's paper appears in a landmark new academic book that explores human remains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Above: A series of dentures with real human teeth that may have arisen from soldiers wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.

Nima Momeni, 38, (pictured, right), who was accused of killing Bob Lee (pictured, top left) in a horrific knife attack in April 2023, filed a motion to relocate the trial's location. Photographs of Momeni would taint jurors in the Bay Area, according to them. Lee was reportedly sleeping with Momeni's sister, married woman Khazar Elyassnia (pictured, bottom left)

Our analysts examine the movies expected to make waves at the Academy Awards, from jaw-dropping Oppenheimer to epic Napoleon and Saltburn's exuberant satire on class.

During King Frederik of Denmark's ascension to the throne on Sunday, there were a number of obscure and historical details that many may have missed. As the King and Queen Mary, along with their four children, Prince Christian, 18, Prince Isabella, 16, and Princess Josephine, 16, all smiled to followers. To celebrate the occasion, the family wore jewels and family heirlooms, as well as a ruby set dating back to Napoleon Bonaparte, a nod to former Queen Margrethe, and the Danish crown that will be bestowed upon three of Mary and Frederik's children.

Georgina Hale died last week at the age of 80. As a result of her death, tributes have flooded in for the other actress as well as resurfaced information about her life both on and off the stage. Although she enjoyed a lot of success later in life, the actress, who lived for five decades, spoke openly about her upbringing, including that she was unable to read or write for a large portion of her youth.

Georgina Hale, an Emmerdale and Hollyoaks actress, has died at the age of 80. According to reports, the soap actress, who had spent five decades in acting, died on January 4th. Her cause of death has yet to be announced.