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Marlborough: In it Churchill “Laid the Basis of His Own Greatness”
22
Nov
2019
2
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Churchill told the story of his ancestor in beautiful Augustan Age prose, but also discovered new sources and corrected earlier historians’ errors. Mastering foreign language documents, he produced an outstanding work of history as well as literature, one that appealed to an academic as well as to a popular audience. All this came from someone whose father had said: “He has little [claim] to cleverness, to knowledge or any capacity for settled work.”
Learning for Political Leadership: The Churchill Example
06
Nov
2019
By STEVEN GOLDFIEN M.D.
It’s no coincidence that Winston Churchill, perhaps the greatest statesman in living memory, was remarkably well-versed in history and classic literature. His own writing earned a Nobel Prize, much of it on history and the philosophy of government. Churchill had a profound grasp of human knowledge, learning and behavior, transcending both time and culture. Thus he distilled and expressed the essence of complex issues, making them both approachable and politically effective.
Scaling Everest: Robert Hardy on Playing Churchill (Part 2)
05
Nov
2019
By T.S.R. HARDY CBE FSA
"Several times again I attempted to climb the peak. I came away from my mountain climbing with a little more understanding, perhaps a few more skills. But mostly I came away with a radiant and profound affection for the mountain himself. Playing him was one of the best things that has ever befallen me. I shall never look down from that peak—but as long as I live I shall delight in gazing upwards towards those towering rocks." - Robert Hardy
Man of the Century: “Walking with Destiny,” by Andrew Roberts
31
May
2019
By LARRY P. ARNN
In the best biography since 1991, Roberts's witty, fluent, flowing prose captures the adventure, energy, and incessant movement that Churchill produced.
Winston Churchill and Edmund Burke: An Appreciation of Kindred Souls
17
May
2019
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Sharing Churchill’s appreciation of the wisdom of Edmund Burke, Andrew Roberts compares the two great figures, and wonders what they’d make of Brexit.
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"history of the english-speaking peoples",
"reflections on the revolution in france",
Andrew Roberts,
brexit,
David Lloyd George,
edmund burke,
george washington,
irish republic,
northern ireland,
Stanley Baldwin,
the new criterion,
william pitt the elder,
Winston S. Churchill,
woodrow wilson,
Young Winston and “My Early Life”
23
Apr
2019
Great Contemporaries: Rudyard Kipling, “Unique and Irreplaceable”
06
Feb
2019
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Churchill was a devotee of Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) the English poet, short-story writer and novelist, who in 1907 won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kipling’s majestic novels of the old Empire struck a romantic chord in the young Winston. Later they studded his books and speeches.
Who tried to silence Churchill’s 1930s Warnings about Nazi Germany?
05
Jun
2018
3
The Myth of Churchill and Alcohol: A Distortion of the Record
18
May
2018
21
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Origins of a Famous Phrase
20
Apr
2018
Don’t fall for it: Churchill had no affair with Lady Castlerosse
26
Feb
2018
1
By ANDREW ROBERTS
The allegations that Winston Churchill was unfaithful while on holiday in the South of France in the mid-1930s have been knocking around for eighty years, with nothing substantial to back them up, and, having been researching a biography of Churchill for the past four years, I do not believe it.
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Allen Packwood,
Blanche Dugdale,
Chateau l’Horizon,
Churchill Archives Centre,
Clementine Churchill,
Correlli Barnett,
Doris Lady Castlerosse,
Gwendoline Churchill,
Hazel Lavery,
Kitty Somerset,
Maxine Elliott,
Randolph S. Churchill,
Sir John Colville,
Therese Sickert,
Valentine Castlerosse. Cara Delevigne,
Winston S. Churchill,