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Lord Moran
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.
Hearsay Doesn’t Count: The Truth About Churchill’s “Racist” Epithets”
02
Jul
2020
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's racial epithets were extremely rare. Most of the few that do exist come from only one source—which leads one to question how reliable it is.
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Alfred Duff Cooper,
Anthony Eden,
D.F. Malan,
Desmond Moreton,
Dwight Eisenhower,
H.L. Mencken,
Jacky Fisher,
Jan Smuts,
John Dill,
Lady Randolph Churchill,
Leopold Amery,
Lord Moran,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Maurice Hankey,
Montagu Porch,
Mussolini,
My African Journey,
Thomas Birley,
Tirthankar Roy,
William F. Buckley Jr.,
William Manchester,
Winston S. Churchill,
“A Few Words of My Own”: Thoughts on Completing the Official Biography
30
Dec
2019
By SIR MARTIN GILBERT
Sir Martin’s reflections after finishing the final narrative volume are reprised as Hillsdale completes the final document volume in the Great Biography.
How Winston Churchill Spent Christmas, Part 2: Sterner Days
22
Dec
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Christmas, 1941: “By our sacrifice…these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance…. And so, in God’s mercy, a happy Christmas to you all.”
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Andrew Cunningham,
Arthur Tedder,
Chequers,
Clement Attlee,
Clementine Churchill,
Dwight Eisenhower,
Elizabeth Nel,
Eric Seal,
Harold Alexander,
John Martin,
Lord Moran,
Richard M. Langworth,
Sarah Churchill,
Stafford Cripps,
Stewart Menzies,
Teheran Conference,
Vic Oliver,
Winston S. Churchill,
Hamilton’s Churchill: An Obsessive Who Worsened a President’s Illness
30
Jul
2019
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
Why would Hamilton raise the inconsequential to the significant? With admirers like this, Churchill’s memory needs no enemies.
Abstracts: Historians Survey Sir Winston’s Health in Old Age
06
Jun
2019
By ANTOINE CAPET
Medical historians find no evidence that Churchill suffered from major depression, but his health was subject to many ailments in his final decade.
Abstracts: Drs. Vale and Scadding Consider Aspects of Churchill’s Health
26
Mar
2018