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Painting à deux: Churchill’s and Alexander’s Portraits of Lake Como, 1945
Churchill rarely painted scene with someone else, and only once with a field marshal. Their Lake Como oils offer a glimpse of friendship and technique.
Great Contemporaries: Sir Harold Alexander, Churchill’s Favorite General
Among his generals, Churchill thought Alexander “the best we had.” Alex for his part was ever faithful, saying, “I can’t simply refuse Winston.”
Stop this Trashing of our Monuments — and of our Past
If we allow our monuments and memorials and place-names to be torn down because of our present-day views, it speaks to a pathetic lack of confidence in ourselves.
Back in the News: Richard Burton’s Fraught Relationship with Churchill
Burton played a magnificent Churchill in “The Gathering Storm.” He also played to the camera, alternating praise with vitriol depending on his audience.
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (Part 2)
Churchill’s commitment to human rights ran deeper than we may imagine. It was still in evidence with regard to Apartheid South Africa as late as 1954.
A Discussion of Erik Larson’s Scholarship on the Churchills and the London Blitz
Churchill said, “Nothing surpasses 1940.” Dr. Harmon explores the latest and past scholarship on the Churchills and the London Blitz.
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (1)
Rather than advancing segregation in South Africa, Churchill strove hard for justice, arrayed against the broad prejudices of his time. Part 1: 1902-09
“What Purpose History?” an Analysis of Churchill and Caesar as Writers of History
Churchill and Caesar both wrote literate war memoirs. Was this special pleading, or was there a higher purpose? For Churchill, there certainly was.
“In Defeat—Defiance.” The Java POWs and a Work of Art and Resistance
A chapel in Java built by Allied POWs included national symbols, in which Winston Churchill was surreptitiously added under the noses of Japanese guards.
Winston Churchill and Julius Caesar: Parallels and Inspirations
“In my mind’s eye I invest him with the robes of Caesar…. The lives of the great are an inspiration to their posterity.” —Lewis Broad
Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945: All the Churchill VE Day Speeches
On VE Day seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill spoke on radio, in Parliament, from the Ministry of Health , and to celebrants in London streets.