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Elizabeth Layton in “Darkest Hour”: The Annexe and War Rooms
24
Aug
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Questions on the role of secretary Elizabeth Layton in the 2017 film, and the Annexe where Churchill really ran the wartime government.
Hillsdale College’s Official Biography: A Reader’s Appreciation
31
Jul
2020
By DAVE TURRELL
The Biography “is true, insofar as diligence and research can establish truth…. All an author can offer is a fragment of reality—that, and the hope that it will endure.” —William Manchester
“The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists.” Not WSC.
09
Jul
2020
14
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill never said this: he was far too fastidious to apply such a term generically. He knew his fascists, and identified them more specifically.
How Randolph Churchill Began the Longest Biography in History
16
Apr
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Randolph Churchill’s career in journalism lasted thirty-six years. He wrote hundreds of articles, edited seven volumes of his father’s speeches, and published fifteen books, including the first seven narrative and document volumes of Winston S. Churchill, the official biography.
Scaling Everest: Robert Hardy on Playing Churchill (Part 1)
17
Oct
2019
By T.S.R HARDY CBE FSA
"My panic was genuine. I felt I had no qualifications whatever to attempt a Titan. Thoughts of the friendliness in Churchill’s voice fled. Robert Hardy was to climb Everest in everyday clothes with an Ordnance Map."
Great Contemporaries: Leopold Amery
24
Jun
2019
1
By BRADLEY TOLPPANEN
Of all those appointed to his cabinet in May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill had known Leo Amery the longest—back to when they were schoolboys. Despite the longevity of their relationship, they were never very close. Rather, as Robert Rhodes James wrote, “there was always a definite restraint, a lack of warmth, a noticeable caution and reserve” between them. Nevertheless, Amery played a notable part in ensuring Churchill’s premiership.
Churchill and Socialism
15
May
2019
By LARRY P. ARNN
Read Larry P. Arnn's analysis of Churchill's fight against socialism on the domestic front in Great Britain, as excerpted from his book "Churchill's Trial".
Churchill’s Character: A Rigid Daily Schedule
06
Feb
2019
7
A Sun That Never Sets: Churchill’s Wonderful Autobiography, “My Early Life”
15
Jun
2018
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH and HENRY FEARON
Though born well, Churchill had little handed to him. True, he could not have embarked on those thrilling war junkets abroad without the influence of his mother and other great personages. But once there he was on his own, and he acquitted himself well. He records these experiences in words which will live as long as any 20th century author is read.
Churchill and Fisher (Or: Charlie Brown and the Football)
16
Mar
2018
“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.
Great Contemporaries: Bring Back Jacky Fisher! Part 3
12
Feb
2018
By BARRY GOUGH
Jacky Fisher was not finished. He was restless, an agitator. His dismay over the conduct of the naval war brought him closer to Churchill, and soon the two were on favourable terms, locked in a curious destiny. The press baron George Riddell wrote: “Fisher, the Duchess, and Winston are now bosom friends.”