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Q & A
Churchill Painting at Eze-sur-Mer
05
Sep
2015
2
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Painting was virtually suspended during World War II, but Churchill took it up immediately after he was dismissed by the electorate in 1945. He made painting visits Lord Beaverbrook’s villa, “La Capponcina,” and in the mid-Fifties he was actively seeking a place of his own on the Riviera.
Sailing with POWs
27
Aug
2015
Humorous Exchanges in the House of Commons Cloakroom
21
Aug
2015
1
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure…” – Winston Churchill
30
Jul
2015
36
The Bear, the Whole Bear, and Nothing but the Bear
30
Jul
2015
Sir Richard Molyneux and Churchill’s Skin Graft
22
Jul
2015
Churchill and Tennyson
17
Jul
2015
Why the Turks Like Churchill
17
Jul
2015
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
There is a long story of the friendly relations between Great Britain and Turkey. Across it is a terrible slash of the last war, when German intrigues and British and Turkish mistakes led to our being on opposite sides. We fought as brave and honourable opponents. But those days are done, and we and our American Allies are prepared to make vigorous exertions in order that we shall all be together.
Churchill at the Admiralty
08
Jul
2015
Offices of the Lunacy Commissioners
12
Jun
2015
By RONALD I. COHEN
A colleague writes of an amusing Churchill remark in Oldham (his then-constituency), dated 19 January 1903 in Richard Langworth’s quotation book, Churchill in His Own Words, page 113: "I have always cherished the hope that the removal of the War Office from the dilapidated rabbit warren which they occupy in a street whose very name is Pall Mall would inaugurate a new and brighter era of Administration."
Safeguarding the Arts
05
Jun
2015