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A Doctor’s Tale: Lord Moran and Churchill’s Medical History
24
Jan
2021
By JOHN H. MATHER, MD
How accurate were Churchill’s doctor’s diaries? Lord Moran was a skillful and devoted physician, less fastidious as a recorder of events.
Churchill and His Autumn Years: Ways to Live a Long life
09
Jul
2020
1
By DANIEL F. HARRINGTON
The “golden years” are not always golden, but Winston Churchill’s long life offers perspective and encouragement to those of “a certain age.”
Churchill and Polo: The Hot Pursuit of His Favorite Team Sport, Part 2
13
Aug
2018
Churchill and Polo: The Hot Pursuit of His Favorite Team Sport, Part 1
27
Jun
2018
How Would Churchill React to Wedding of Prince Harry?
24
May
2018
Contasino Meets Churchill, 1931: “A World Aglare”
13
Mar
2016
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Mario Contasino will forever be connected with the story of an event that almost altered history. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. once asked: “Would the next two decades have been the same had the automobile killed Winston Churchill in 1931 and the bullet killed Franklin Roosevelt in 1933?"
Churchill Solitaire: Victory at All Costs
25
Jan
2016
2
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Winston Churchill loved a good card game. Later in life, he even traveled with a green, velvet table cover to facilitate the pastime. Donald Rumsfeld, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and friend of Hillsdale College, also enjoys playing cards, especially when the game requires strategic decision making. While serving as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in 1973, he learned a version of solitaire from Belgian Ambassador André de Staercke, who claimed that none other than Prime Minister Churchill taught him the game during World War II.