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Forster, Appeasement, and Fascism: What Churchill Really Believed
The Forster Meeting: Churchill dealt easily with concepts and political ideas. If he had genuinely admired Fascism, he would have said so.
Churchill’s Steady Adherence to His 1946 “Iron Curtain” Speech in Fulton
Churchill took criticisms of his Fulton speech calmly, and never backed off. He knew he’d been right & within three years he was vindicated.
Great Contemporaries: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (Part 2)
Lady Violet: “He had no doubts about his star. He felt that he had been preserved through many perils in order to fulfil its purpose.”
Daylight Savings Time: A Silent Toast to William Willett
“Springing ahead” to Daylight Time, we recall Churchill’s support of Willett, whose “vision and driving power” led to this “great reform.”
Cambridge: “The Racial Consequences of Mr. Churchill,” A Review
A forensic examination and point-by-point of a Cambridge University panel on Churchill, race, the British Empire and the Second World War.
Great Contemporaries: Violet Bonham Carter, Lifelong Friend (Part 1)
Violet Asquith, 1906: “I found myself sitting next to this young man who seemed to me quite different from any other young man I had ever met…”
Harold Begbie: “The Man Who Did God for the Westminster Gazette”
“Politics for Churchill, if he is ever to fulfill his promise, must have everything to do with the salvation of mankind.” —Harold Begbie