This week in Country Life we explain the run-up to the Battle of Waterloo and the events of June 18, 1815, we visit Apsley House in London and admire Wellington’s art collection, we examine the truly wild English rose species of hedgerow and heath, we reveal the colourful history of Hunter & Frankau, which celebrates its 225th anniversary this week and we learn to cook with fennel.

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