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Great Contemporaries: Lord Attlee on “The Churchill I Knew” Part 2
07
May
2018
By CLEMENT ATTLEE
"He was, of course, above all, a supremely fortunate mortal. History set him the job that he was the ideal man to do. I cannot think of anybody in this country who has been favoured in this way so much, and, into the bargain, at the most dramatic moment in his country’s history. In this, Winston was superbly lucky. And perhaps the most warming thing about him was that he never ceased to say so."
Great Contemporaries: Lord Attlee on “The Churchill I Knew,” Part 1
01
May
2018
1
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Origins of a Famous Phrase
20
Apr
2018
Churchill’s Visions of the Future in “Thoughts and Adventures”
20
Apr
2018
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“The relevance of the life of Winston Churchill to our time is apparent in the newspaper any day,” writes Dr. Larry Arnn. “It is not so much that the great world wars and the Cold War shaped the time in which we live, although they do. The problem of rule, say the old philosophers, is fundamental. If this is our problem, then Churchill is a man to study.”
Churchill as Escaped Desperado: Chieveley to Durban, South Africa, 1899
20
Apr
2018
Great Contemporaries: Bill Slim and his Heroic Indian Army
16
Apr
2018
1
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Among British generals, Slim ranks with Wellington. His courageous Indian, African and British troops earned Winston Churchill's highest accolades.
“The Dream”: A Fictional Encounter by Winston S. Churchill
02
Apr
2018
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Churchill Fiction. Father and Son: An Appreciation of “The Dream”
02
Apr
2018
1
Great Contemporaries: Winston Churchill and Mark Twain
15
Mar
2018
1
“Then Out Spake Brave Horatius”: A Review of “Darkest Hour”
05
Mar
2018
10
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
After more than our share of historical clangers recently, Churchill admirers can welcome all this movie offers. Unlike any recent production, it genuinely honors the heroic memory. And that’s a special thing these days. Give Gary Oldman, the cast and producers a tip of the hat.
Three Lessons of Statesmanship for Americans Today
19
Feb
2018
Winston and Clementine: A Classic Remembrance
12
Feb
2018
4
By THE LADY DIANA COOPER (1892-1986)
In another age when even his marriage is questioned by the ignorant, Lady Diana’s words are worth remembering. Few who knew Clementine and Winston spoke better of it. Little was said about it in their time, she writes,“because it was too happy to be heard of.” Her essay corrected that lapse. It first appeared after Sir Winston’s death in The Atlantic. Her son, Lord Norwich, had not seen it and was pleased at the discovery. I have inserted her charming picture of a Chartwell weekend from her first volume of memoirs.