2015

Even as Dockter aims to offer “a nuanced understanding” of Churchill and his character, his statements often disconcert the reader by their lack of firmness.

Having been the guinea pig on whom these modernized Landemare recipes were tested before publication, I found myself like Churchill “quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.”

he long relationship began in 1897 when the young army officer wrote his first article (or letter) from the field, along the Afghan/Indian frontier. It culminated with The Telegraph’s extensive coverage of Churchill’s funeral in 1965.

The title of Jonathan Schneer’s excellent book is deliberately ambiguous, highlighting the war that Churchill’s ministers fought against each other.