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David Charlwood, “Churchill and Eden: Partners Through War and Peace”
31
Mar
2021
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
Eden by Charlwood: “The morning had been golden; the noontime was bronze; and the evening lead. But all were solid, and each was polished until it shone after its fashion.”
Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Katz: “A Story of Love and War”
31
Mar
2021
By CITA STELZER
The story of the Churchill, Harriman and Roosevelt daughters at the Yalta Conference was unnoticed until this account by Catherine Katz.
Alan Allport: The War, Nothing but the War, yet Not the Whole War
25
Mar
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Alan Allport offers a very fine synthesis of new aspects without repetition, but Churchill’s long shadow still hovers over WW2.
Great Contemporaries: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (Part 2)
25
Mar
2021
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Lady Violet: “He had no doubts about his star. He felt that he had been preserved through many perils in order to fulfil its purpose.”
Daylight Savings Time: A Silent Toast to William Willett
14
Mar
2021
By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
“Springing ahead” to Daylight Time, we recall Churchill’s support of Willett, whose “vision and driving power” led to this “great reform.”
Great Contemporaries: Violet Bonham Carter (Part 1)
13
Mar
2021
Harold Begbie: “The Man Who Did God for the Westminster Gazette”
11
Mar
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
"All Mr. Churchill needs is the direction in his life of a great idea. He is a Saul on the way to Damascus. Let him swing clean away from that road to destruction and he might well become Paul on his way to immortality. This is to say, that to be saved from himself. Mr. Churchill must be carried away by enthusiasm for some great ideal." —Harold Begbie, 1921
Nancy Carver’s Story of the Church That Unites Two Peoples
05
Mar
2021
Lord Woolton on the Battle to Feed Britain and Plan for the Future
04
Mar
2021
By ANTOINE CAPET
Churchill, Woolton wrote privately, “doesn’t seem to understand that nobody else wants rationing any more than he does...”
Great Contemporaries: Archibald Sinclair, the Last War Casualty
28
Feb
2021
Great Contemporaries: Harry Hopkins, “Lord Root of the Matter”
25
Feb
2021
Book of the Year: Paul Rafferty on Churchill’s “Paintatious” Riviera
21
Feb
2021