Colin Brown: revisiting Waterloo

Colin Brown has been a journalist for 30 years, mainly for The Guardian and The Independent, and is a former chair of the British Parliamentary Lobby. As an author, his books include Glory and B*llocks: the Truth behind 10 Defining Events in British History (2013), Real Britannia: Our Proudest Ten Years - the Glory and the Spin (2012), and Whitehall: the Streets That Shaped a Nation (2009). His new book is The Scum of the Earth: What Happened to the Real British Heroes of Waterloo? (The History Press).