ST. HELENA – APRIL 11TH
St. Helena is a small British overseas territory situated in the South Atlantic Ocean and is one of the remotest places on Earth. Anyone would agree with that if you look for St. Helena on a map. By the way, you can spell St. Helena any way you want, but the inhabitants who live on the “remotest island on the planet” insist that you pronounce their home correctly: St. Hel-ee-na. There is a current population of 4,587. Built on igneous rock in a small enclave, Jamestown, the capital, is sandwiched between the steep cliffs that form the James’s Valley and retains much of its remarkable heritage and tells the story of colonial conquest, slavery, imperialist ideas, the age of sailing ships and war and exile. Probably its most famous inhabitant was Napoleon Bonaparte who was exiled to St. Helena from 1815 until his death in 1821. His residence at that time, Longwood House, is now an iconic museum of Napoleonic memorabilia and original furniture. We