| 单词 | Churchill |
| 例句 | “And while Mrs. Weston pays her visit, I may be allowed, I hope,” said Frank Churchill, “to join your party and wait for her at Hartfield—if you are going home.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But to be quite frank, Mrs Taylor, during the time I was most involved in great affairs, Mr Churchill was not such a key figure and was not really expected to become one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “You have heard of a certain Frank Churchill, I presume,” he continued—“and know him to be my son, though he does not bear my name.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Perhaps it is as well,” said Frank Churchill, as he attended Emma to her carriage. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That Hitler fits snugly with his nemesis Winston Churchill is a historical accident. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Upon inquiring how Churchill’s had made such an elemental error, he was told that the information had been provided to them by Dr. Owen himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I glance down at my sneakers, thinking about that Churchill quote. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The man that Churchill called ‘a naked little fakir,’ refusing food in a British jail? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why should you caution me?—You do not think I care about Mr. Frank Churchill.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z His rolling periods impressed his audiences, but if the chief object of rhetoric is to persuade, Churchill’s didn’t—much of the time—do that. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When you talk about Churchill’s “great rolling periods”— meaning his long, mellifluous sentences—you are primarily talking about sound effects: the gather and surge of a sentence toward its climax. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z All that about having met Winston Churchill and so on. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “His sufferings,” replied Emma dryly, “do not appear to have done him much harm. Well, and how did Mr. Churchill take it?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “We shall never surrender,” a grimly defiant Churchill promised, but many expected the British to fold. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We both felt painfully the dangers of doing nothing,” Churchill recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Churchill combined their example with his father Randolph’s gift for invective. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you say Churchill? Dammit, you were supposed to say Churchill or Roosevelt or Stalin!” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I laugh so hard I cry, and when Henek, who has no sense of humor, finally yells, “Churchill, Churchill! God save us all!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh! he told me all about it; that Jane Fairfax and Mr. Frank Churchill are to be married, and that they have been privately engaged to one another this long while. How very odd!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z They focused on the subject Churchill called “overwhelmingly the most important”—the race to build an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Truman, Churchill feared that the Soviets were establishing a zone of total control over Central Europe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Churchill By the end of his career, the story of Churchill’s oratory—as set out in David Cannadine’s introduction to a collection of Churchill’s speeches1—can be told in statistics and lists. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In fact, Roosevelt and Churchill signed a special agreement, vowing to keep it that way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes—it seems to depend upon nothing but the ill-humour of Mrs. Churchill, which I imagine to be the most certain thing in the world.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Between Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Fairfax? Oh! yes, perfectly.—Why do you make a doubt of it?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It lists Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, and a bunch of other smart people who were kind of nuts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It has been my good fortune, after all, to have consorted not just with Mr Churchill, but with many other great leaders and men of influence - from America and from Europe. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The plane door opened, and out hopped Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain, a fat cigar in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, maybe because I’m English, I don’t know, he quoted Winston Churchill: ‘If you’re going through hell, keep going. ’ I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Oh! when a gallant young man, like Mr. Frank Churchill,” said Mr. Knightley dryly, “writes to a fair lady like Miss Woodhouse, he will, of course, put forth his best.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Jane had not been gone a quarter of an hour, and they had only accomplished some views of St. Mark’s Place, Venice, when Frank Churchill entered the room. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The thing about Churchill was that, like the stopped clock that’s right twice a day, he occupied one position and waited for the world to come to him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Churchill consciously marshaled, as the best orators will, not only the language of the past but its history to his cause- invoking Drake and Nelson as exemplars and, implicitly, allies in the struggle. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill, the British prime minister himself, sent warnings based on captured German codes to the Soviet government. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Is not she? Then she is no rule for Mrs. Churchill, who is as thorough a fine lady as any body ever beheld.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Nobody but Flider would have dared to suggest that such cooperation turned Churchill or Roosevelt into Communists or Communist tools, or that Britain and America were working to bring about a Communist world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Churchill’s preeminence, too, was a product of place, time, personality, luck, and oratorical command. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Smiling, Roosevelt assured Churchill his arms were more than strong enough to do the job. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday Churchill, Smuts, Eisenhower and Arnold visited the French villages that the British have captured and liberated. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Churchill walked over to the car and got into the passenger seat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, it so happened that in spite of Emma’s resolution of never marrying, there was something in the name, in the idea of Mr. Frank Churchill, which always interested her. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She said she was very upset and would tell Mr. and Mrs. Churchill. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Atlantic Charter of 1941, signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, reaffirmed faith in the dignity of each human being and propagated a host of democratic principles. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And when,” thought Emma, “will there be a beginning of Mr. Churchill?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Miss Woodhouse made the proper acquiescence; and finding that nothing more was to be entrapped from any communication of Mrs. Cole’s, turned to Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weston was disengaged and Emma began again—“Mr. Frank Churchill writes one of the best gentleman’s hands I ever saw.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I strongly urged that we should at once pool all our information, work together on equal terms, and share the results, if any, equally between us,” Churchill said of the meeting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody ever did think well of the Churchills, I fancy,” observed Mr. John Knightley coolly. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z She doubted whether she had not transgressed the duty of woman by woman, in betraying her suspicions of Jane Fairfax’s feelings to Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. van Daan, who always contradicts everyone, including Churchill and the news reports, is in complete agreement with Mr. Beaverbrook. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The gentleman was just telling us, Doctor,' Mrs Smith said, 'he knows Mr Churchill.' is that so? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “And what was their collective response to this understanding?” asked Ward Churchill, a longtime pro-Indian activist. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “If you mean Miss Fairfax and Frank Churchill, I have heard that already.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Here’s a shining example, a speech made by our beloved Winston Churchill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “So far as that it relates to Mr. Frank Churchill, I do guess.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “You look like you are related to Winston Churchill,” I said as we shook hands, and he laughed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And here is Mrs. Weston and Mr. Frank Churchill too!—Quite delightful; so many friends!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Not only did the system allow Roosevelt and Churchill to communicate in perfect security, but it remained in use and unbroken into the 1950s—an astonishing record. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A very friendly shake of the hand, a very earnest “Good-bye,” closed the speech, and the door had soon shut out Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z A letter arrived from Mr. Churchill to urge his nephew’s instant return. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From Frank Churchill’s face, where he thought he saw confusion suppressed or laughed away, he had involuntarily turned to hers; but she was indeed behind, and too busy with her shawl. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “The joke,” he replied gravely, “seemed confined to you and Mr. Churchill.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z With some there was great joy at the sight of Frank Churchill; others took it very composedly; but there was a very general distress and disturbance on Miss Fairfax’s disappearance being explained. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z There was hardly time to talk over the first letter from Enscombe before “Mr. Elton and his bride” was in every body’s mouth, and Frank Churchill was forgotten. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Emma’s very good opinion of Frank Churchill was a little shaken the following day, by hearing that he was gone off to London, merely to have his hair cut. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “And though I was careful not to take his attention off the driving,” Churchill said, “we made more progress than we might have done in a formal conference.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He took me to the majestic bluffs over the Hudson River on which Hyde Park, his family home, stands,” Churchill remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Depend upon it, Mrs. Churchill does every thing that any other fine lady ever did. Mrs. Churchill will not be second to any lady in the land for”— Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill did not, as legend has it, reply to an editor who had corrected his prose with “This is pedantry up with which I will not put.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Churchill came in with the equivalent of a loudhailer: delivering clumping great set pieces that occasioned Balfour’s famous taunt that his artillery was “powerful but not very mobile.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z That same day Truman and Churchill issued the Potsdam Declaration—a final demand that Japan end the fighting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard over the BBC that Churchill wanted to land along with the troops on D Day, but Eisenhower and the other generals managed to talk him out of it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Frank Churchill, I must tell you my mother’s spectacles have never been in fault since; the rivet never came out again. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Frank Churchill’s little inclination to exclude himself increased so much, that his last words to Emma were, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z What moved me most was a brief image of Winston Churchill weeping after he heard the news of the loss of the British vessel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad wasn’t a Great Man, not like Winston Churchill, whoever he was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z This was perhaps the only thing they had in common, their admiration for Churchill. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The history of Winston Churchill that Myron is working his way through at night at the hookups sits on the coffee table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And Frank Churchill was heard to say, “I think you could manage this without effort; the first part is so very trifling. The strength of the song falls on the second.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Frank Churchill’s confession of having behaved shamefully was the first thing to call for more than a word in passing. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z When the gloves were bought, and they had quitted the shop again, “Did you ever hear the young lady we were speaking of, play?” said Frank Churchill. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Emma listened, and looked, and soon perceived that Frank Churchill’s state might be best defined by the expressive phrase of being out of humour. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z They spoke, therefore, of Mrs. Churchill’s death with mutual forbearance. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The other two eternal world leaders are Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ideas for international control had been making their way to Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill for months, albeit haphazardly. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill, equally eager to intimidate Stalin, stepped quickly to Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She whispered from her bed one night that her father was expecting to be asked to join Churchill’s war cabinet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He heard Frank Churchill next say, with a glance towards Jane, “I will give it to her—shall I?”—and as clearly heard Emma opposing it with eager laughing warmth. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Speeches by Gerbrandy, the Prime Minister of Belgium, King Haakon of Norway, de Gaulle of France, the King of England and, last but not least, Churchill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He was a deft mimic and could do fine imitations of the voices of Jan Smuts, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Churchill was not a “natural orator” any more than Cicero was. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Churchill’s mastery was the product of determined hard work. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z At last, Winston Churchill, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time, sent a telegram: PROCEED. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “We think we’re very lucky, to be able to give her a birthday. It’s the same as Winston Churchill’s. And Mark Twain’s.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If texting had existed at that time, then Winston Churchill would have sent President Eisenhower a bunch of crying-face emojis. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “How odd you are! What has Mr. Frank Churchill done, to make you suppose him such an unnatural creature?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z What Disraeli said of Gladstone was also true of Churchill: he was “a sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Emma was not at this time in a state of spirits to care really about Mr. Frank Churchill’s not coming, except as a disappointment at Randalls. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “By the bye,” said Frank Churchill to Mrs. Weston presently, “what became of Mr. Perry’s plan of setting up his carriage?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Churchill has had pneumonia, but is gradually getting better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I decided that it would be better to Google Winston Churchill when I got home, instead of mentioning that I didn’t know who he was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z You remember how I didn’t ask who Churchill played for because of her tone? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He’s obviously being Churchill, but no one will guess it, just to make him keep on. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Nervous to the point of nausea before addressing an audience, Churchill consulted specialists as a young man in the hopes of ridding himself of his speech defects. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Stalin called Churchill's speech "an appeal to war with the USSR." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It took Richard a moment to understand before he laughed at the poor imitation of Sir Winston Churchill. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I was in Lagos. Sir Winston Churchill has died, you see.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Richard was almost relieved to learn of Sir Winston Churchill’s death. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Churchill liked to play martial music while he prepared speeches, the better to kindle that vital emotion in himself that he hoped to communicate to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Will Mr. Frank Churchill pass through Bath as well as Oxford?”—was a question, however, which did not augur much. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “The Churchills are very likely in fault,” said Mr. Knightley, coolly; “but I dare say he might come if he would.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Susan sat next to him at the memorial service, and when parts of a speech delivered by Sir Winston Churchill were played, she clasped her gloved hands together, tightly, and leaned against him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a child’s play, chosen to conceal a deeper game on Frank Churchill’s part. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not very long, though rather longer than Mr. Weston had foreseen, before she had the power of forming some opinion of Frank Churchill’s feelings. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Gary Oldman inhabits the role of Churchill, capturing his wit, grit and determination and even his impish smile,” he wrote in an online review. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z When Hitler became Churchill's full-time profession in May 1940, he had reached only the end of the American civil war. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z Both men were mesmerizing writers, though with different styles — Churchill was a master of rhetoric; Orwell a superb essayist. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It also demonstrates why attempts to displace Churchill from a central position in recent history are misguided. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z “On no one quality, on no one process, on no one country, on no one route, and on no one field must we be dependent,” Churchill said. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z With “Love and Information,” which is directed by her frequent and inspired collaborator James Macdonald, Ms. Churchill matches style and content so closely that they become inseparable. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z Farage demanded that a bust of Winston Churchill be returned to the Oval Office, following its removal by President Obama, which was interpreted as a slight. Nigel Farage on the Story Behind His Friendship with Trump 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z “Because it went with the myth, with the idea of Churchill the hero, nobody complained.” Fact or fiction? UK govt says ‘The Crown’ should be clear 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z By the late 1930s, out of office and despised for his opposition to appeasement, Churchill seemed finished once and for all. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In sharp revivals of Diana Son's "Stop Kiss" at the Pasadena Playhouse and Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" at the Antaeus Company the connections between private conduct and public sentiment were subtly explored. The year in theater: Drama reigns in 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The three authors show Churchill being enlisted by the Spice Girls and the U.K. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z It was so exciting to see myself in Tennessee Williams, in Beckett and Caryl Churchill. ‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away. 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Stelzer describes dinner parties as “an important means by which Churchill rewarded friends, won over rivals and gathered information on all subjects, from diplomatic secrets to social gossip.” ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z Hardy has played Churchill on seven previous occasions, most notably in the television series Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, for which he won a Bafta. Robert Hardy pulls out of Gielgud theatre's production of The Audience 2013-02-26T16:36:16Z While Churchill awes spectators with its size and scope, on par with the world’s monumental stadiums, Keeneland, opened in 1936, guards its idyllic appeal. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z An early sketch of his depicting Winston Churchill in his last days as an MP was spiked by The Times, who feared his depiction of the age-ravaged former prime minister would upset Churchill's wife. Gerald Scarfe's colourful career 2013-01-29T13:10:53Z Churchill, author of such probing pieces about science and politics gone haywire as “A Number” and “Far Away,” here presents the degradation of the world as an absurdist word salad of biblical horrors. Review | Four fine actresses bring order to a world undergoing climate change in Signature’s ‘Escaped Alone’ 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Churchill discovered painting when he was 40 and after that he rarely travelled without his paintbox. Churchill paintings offered to nation 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z He has never met Churchill's husband, David Harter, a campaigning solicitor, but she would often refer, during their working years, to her three sons and "writing the plays at the kitchen table". Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z A look at how Winston Churchill led the British people through World War II that explores both his political gamesmanship and his family dynamics. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z To her daughter Anna, Eleanor described Churchill as “lovable and emotional and very human, but I don’t want him to write the peace…” Ahead of her time 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z To visit the Churchill Centre is to be struck, immediately, by its American connections. Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z When Winston Churchill vacationed at Lake Como after the end of World War II, he painted almost every day. Circumnavigating Italy’s storied Lake Como by paddle and pedal 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z In 1947, Winston Churchill successfully submitted two works under the name “David Winter.” The Artwork Was Rejected. Then Banksy Put His Name to It. 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z But despite the fact that Churchill occupied Mr. Gilbert’s waking life for decades, he rarely invaded his sleeping one. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In the immediate aftermath of the evacuation, Churchill himself declared Dunkirk a harrowing defeat. The success of "Dunkirk" is proof that the World War II myth machine is still alive and well 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Washington’s Folger Shakespeare Library is planning an exhibition on how Churchill was influenced by Shakespeare, he noted, adding: “It’s a brilliant idea – in Britain we should have three or four of those.” Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Sir Winston Churchill, who lost a packet in the Crash, described the period 1914 to 1945 as the second 30 years’ war. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z But perseverance, which served Churchill well in other settings, also led him to become a reliable, productive performer with a brush who created more than 500 works. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and German-born physicist Albert Einstein, who both spoke at the Hall at different times, were also honored. Clapton, Churchill among those honored by Royal Albert Hall 'Walk... 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z He tells a story: When Churchill was trying to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to join the war in Europe, an aide advised him to “kiss Uncle Sam on both cheeks.” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future “What made Churchill see the truth where Chamberlain saw only illusion?” he asks rhetorically. Books of The Times: What Befits a Leader in Hard Times? An Intimate Knowledge of Insanity 2011-08-10T21:05:51Z Written by Myla Churchill and recommended for ages 8 and older, this adaptation, which closes this weekend, follows Ella, a contemporary teenager, as she goes back in time and meets the Fisk singers. Spare Times for Children for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Providing as examples FDR, JFK, Churchill, Lincoln and even Reagan, he said, “Eloquence is essential as leadership in the face of suffering and assault.” “You can’t coddle white brothers and sisters”: The fiery racial gospel of Michael Eric Dyson 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill is said to have once remarked that the United States and the United Kingdom were two great nations divided by a common language. The Walking Dead Watch: “Isolation” 2013-10-28T02:01:44Z Churchill's art work went on tour to the U.S., Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z From April 10 to July 26, a special exhibition on Churchill and Charles de Gaulle will be featured at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris. Honoring Churchill at Blenheim and Beyond 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Oldman’s performance can stand as a companion piece to his impersonation of Winston Churchill a few years ago in “Darkest Hour.” ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z That was short-lived, however: In late 1944, Winston Churchill ordered British troops to suppress the Communists and keep Greece within the Western sphere of influence. With a Sound Forged in War, Iannis Xenakis Embraced Chaos 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “The Churchill Complex” examines the invented tradition that is the special relationship. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Directed by Olivier Award nominee Andrew Wright, the tour will begin at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 13 January, and run until June playing at nearly 20 cities across the UK. Happy Days musical set for UK tour 2013-06-28T12:35:09Z Plans to replace prison campaigner Elizabeth Fry on the £5 note with a design featuring Winston Churchill outraged her and she decided, in the face of many other potential feminist causes, to take up arms. What now for Britain's new-wave feminists – after page 3 and £10 notes? 2013-07-27T21:15:01Z It is impossible, even if the means had been available to him, to imagine Colville tweeting Churchill's bedtime reflections. Events, Dear Boy, Events edited by Ruth Winstone - review 2012-12-26T07:00:04Z “This is to certify,” the doctor writes — this in the midst of Prohibition — “that the postaccident convalescence of the Hon. Winston S. Churchill necessitates the use of alcoholic spirits especially at meal times.” Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z His erratic and narcissistic father, Lord Randolph Churchill, saw the boy as “among the second rate and third rate,” predicting that his life would “degenerate into a shabby, unhappy and futile existence.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z “Escaped Alone” is a fairy tale of sorts, as were Ms. Churchill’s earlier “The Skriker” and “Faraway.” Review: In ‘Escaped Alone’ Fears Small (Cats) and Large (Apocalypse) 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Johnson most comes alive in the chapter on his hero Churchill, characterised here as "the unsung founder of the welfare state". Johnson's Life of London by Boris Johnson - review 2012-07-17T07:00:19Z Churchill and Stalin wanted the summary execution of Nazi war criminals. Justice and the Enemy by William Shawcross ? review 2012-02-10T11:00:01Z Experts aside, most of the tourists who traveled to Churchill had written the narrative of their trip long before they arrived. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Under Nicola, the theater staged Churchill’s work eight times, more than any other writer. Bidding Farewell to His Theatrical Flock 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Moorcock then tells an anecdote about this uncle who'd been Winston Churchill's secretary and served a succession of prime ministers. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z Whether Boris Johnson needs to look at Churchill is slightly another matter. AUDIO: Churchill's family 'wanted Boris for biography' 2013-06-06T09:07:25Z There’s the Churchill expression about never wasting a good crisis. How I Wrote the Pandemic: The Writer of ‘Locked Down’ Explains 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Churchill Downs offered by the Kentucky Derby Museum, and watch Thoroughbreds go through their morning workouts. 48 Hours in Louisville 2010-05-15T00:07:00Z Five days after his 60th birthday, the British legend will release one of the most personal albums of his career, "Thank You Mr. Churchill." Childhood memories inspire new songs for Frampton 2010-03-19T21:20:00Z He said he has sold many Churchills, including that work to Pitt. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z His style is insincere self-deprecation, an odd mix of qualities that recalls an earlier Anglo-American ego, Winston Churchill. | The Fabulous Lives of Others 2011-03-15T22:07:49Z "A full fifty years since his funeral when the cranes along the Thames dipped low and the streets were lined with vast silent crowds, the sheer brilliance of Winston Churchill remains undimmed," he said. Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z As I looked through the archives, I was struck once again by the alacrity with which Churchill seized this outside chance. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Christie’s auction house said Monday that the Moroccan landscape “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” — a gift from Churchill to U.S. Angelina Jolie sells painting Churchill once gave to FDR 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z There are cameos by notable Cold War figures, including Winston Churchill, George Kennan, Isaiah Berlin and, indeed, Stalin himself, who is less a character than an ominous presence. Review | A writer reimagines the life of Joseph Stalin’s daughter after she defected to the U.S. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Zelenskyy doesn’t possess the same rhetorical prowess as Churchill did in radio messages as German bombs rained down upon London, says Osgood, the propaganda expert. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z We now know, for example, that the quickest way to a British person's heart is to contort your body into a silhouette of Winston Churchill's face. The Britain's Got Talent final and five more classic live TV disasters 2013-06-10T09:58:37Z We are reminded of Winston Churchill: This is not the end. Donald Trump Jr. and the kamikaze tweetstorm that set Washington on fire 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The hint was more than enough for Churchill. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “Churchill made good use of radio, the written word as well,” he says. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z There’s a drawing in the store’s archives of the conference room where Winston Churchill came for calls. Another London must-see: Selfridges, the iconic luxury department store 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z They think their achievements entitle them, he says, noting: “Somebody great said this, either Winston Churchill, Immanuel Kant or Oprah: `When you become rich and powerful, you become more of what you already are.’ Hollywood’s Most Decent Fella on Harvey, Trump and History 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z It was dismantled on the personal instructions of Winston Churchill, who saw it as a symbol of socialism and the Attlee government. Skylon's the limit 2011-01-19T17:27:31Z The duchess, who is regularly featured in Spain's gossip pages and magazines, is a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill. Spanish duchess: I'm still in control of fortune 2011-09-01T10:07:17Z In it, Ms. Churchill throws the greatest and most surreal dinner party of all time. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The fastest two minutes in sports takes place on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, a 147-acre temple to thoroughbred racing. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Churchill taught us that dipping our aluminum paddles into the water and holding the opposite end to our ear works as an amplifier. A Maui vacation in three acts 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z In the annals of the 20th century, who was the greater, more significant historical figure: Franklin D. Roosevelt or Winston Churchill? A Blundering Churchill, a Farsighted Roosevelt 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Interviews are woven around archival material and also short, well-chosen re-enactments — the actors playing Churchill and Hitler in World War II are particularly good. ‘The World Wars,’ on History, Links Evens Across 30 Years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z The coming together of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at the signing of the Yalta conference has long been viewed as the ultimate photographic manifestation of patriarchal power. Maggoty Lamb is overwhelmed by seasonal goodwill for Christmas music mags 2010-12-21T13:48:57Z Let me close with one final tidbit: Did you know that Disraeli, Churchill, Sibelius and Yeats all burdened themselves for years with stomach-churning debt to purchase and maintain their dream houses? Review | ‘Lives of Houses’ is a lovely book to savor while you’re stuck at home 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z I wondered how many people on the tourist buses that roll across the tundra around Churchill knew that polar bears were probably doing better today than 30 years earlier. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Churchill and Roosevelt made a show of friendship. 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z He was producing a documentary series based on Winston Churchill’s diary when he was cast in ‘The Avengers.” Patrick Macnee, debonair actor in the TV series ‘The Avengers,’ dies at 93 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z His propaganda and disinformation rallied American support for Winston Churchill’s war effort and pitted him against the aviator Charles Lindbergh, whose popular radio broadcasts advocated an “America First” isolationism that now sounds all too familiar. Rounding Up the Spies of World War II in 4 New Books 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z One of the very few miscast actors – Timothy Spall as a woefully thin pastiche of Winston Churchill – is the exemplar of this bizarre rewriting. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z Churchill said to Eden, after digesting the news of the BEF's defeat in France. The Cannes film festival in my head 2010-05-11T09:53:00Z In 1948, the Royal Academy of Arts named Churchill an honorary academician extraordinary. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z As I can't put the question to Churchill herself, I asked her collaborators if they knew why she refused to talk about her work. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z Churchill famously called the workers here geese who “laid the golden eggs and never cackled.” Where the Real 'Imitation Game' Happened 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z His father is a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and a founder and senior managing partner at the Churchill Capital Company, a real estate investment bank in Dallas. Nicole Quiterio, Matthew Wallenstein 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z The best of these is the recollection of Violet Bonham Carter, who was a daughter of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and a close friend of Winston Churchill. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “He hasn’t got any of Churchill’s depth or vision or anything,” Cox said. With ‘Succession’ shut down, Brian Cox takes on other roles 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Unlike Osborne’s play, a conventional narrative, “Revolt” unfolds in a series of fragments that recall the form-bending virtuosity of Caryl Churchill. Review: ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Not realistically, exactly, or in any great detail, but in a way that vividly conveys the sense of distance and breadth Churchill experienced in North African light. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The storied ship — prized as a feat of engineering and luxury in its time and Churchill's floating battle headquarters during World War II — celebrates the 80th anniversary of its maiden voyage this month. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It's probably sensible that the novelist only alludes in one line to claims that Crowley held a black mass in Sussex, attended by Churchill, in an attempt to influence the war effort. The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott – review 2012-06-29T07:00:02Z During protests this June, Winston Churchill’s statue in London’s Parliament Square was defaced with graffiti under his name calling him a “racist.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “We will fight … on the beaches and on the hills, and on mountains and on landing grounds,” he told the audience of students that evening, channeling Winston Churchill. When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Chavkin, too, likes Ms. Churchill’s process, but she was particularly drawn to this play’s urgent politics. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z To mark the occasion, the ship will open an art gallery with Churchill's works, which will hang for at least six months. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “I like to have a rolling food situation so it’s like, ‘And then this dish, and then this dish!’ ” said Ms. Churchill. How Six Different Cooks Set Striking Thanksgiving Tables 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z If you want to absorb a bit of Ms. Churchill’s London, however, the place to linger is the venerable Royal Court Theater, where many of her plays had their debuts. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Not far away on the Avenue Winston Churchill is a 14-seat “nomad” movie theater, made from a shipping container, that will present the fair’s “Cinéphémère” series of artists’ films. Can’t Get Enough of FIAC? Go Outside 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z He's doing the same "preoccupied posho" thing he did, regrettably, as Winston Churchill in The King's Speech and, regrettablier, as Winston Churchill in the Olympic closing ceremony. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z But Churchill was a man of different parts. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z Julia Child was easy to please in the same way that Sir Winston Churchill was. This pasta salad will transport you to the French Riviera 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The world is not exactly short of Churchill biographies. Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden – review 2013-03-15T12:02:59Z The tapes Churchill took to Nellcôte were a mixture of demos and incomplete tracks, with names – like Bent Green Needles and Good Time Woman – that even today sound unfamiliar. The Rolling Stones at Villa Nellc?te 2010-05-14T23:36:00Z At Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, where Churchill was born and spent most of his childhood, a refurbished Churchill exhibition, along with the palace and its gardens, opened on Feb. 14. Honoring Churchill at Blenheim and Beyond 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Although Churchill Downs has yet to release specifics, this Saturday, May 1, the song will once again be performed at the Derby. Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z An overwhelming majority wanted Churchill or the suave Conservative foreign secretary Anthony Eden to lead this coalition – not Clement Attlee. Ken Loach's Spirit of '45 is a fantasy 2013-03-08T07:00:32Z He was here for the Emmys, which he won for Churchill. Don Cheadle: 'Acting can be such a grind' 2011-08-11T21:00:00Z When Churchill died, the House of Commons gathered to listen to just four eulogies. Speech: an ancient genre returns 2013-04-15T14:12:27Z What to know: Oldman disappears into the visage of Winston Churchill in this drama about his ascension to power during a hostile political moment. The Best Movies You Need to See This Fall 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Churchill's delight in reciting great tracts of poetry to politicians, staff and friends continued throughout his life. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Both Churchill and Orwell alerted the world to the clear and present danger of authoritarianism in all its forms. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “While we haven’t received a response from Mr Oliver, I am sure we will hear from him soon, and we do think he is one of the good guys,” Churchill said. Jamie Oliver marketing campaign levy sparks backlash from farmers 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Also involved: Churchill and Eisenhower, who had to sign off on the scheme, and Hitler himself, upon whose desk the fake plans ultimately landed. Books of The Times: ?Operation Mincemeat? by Ben Macintyre 2010-05-11T21:44:00Z An earlier version of this article misquoted Tim Riley, the director and chief curator of America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College, when he talked about Winston Churchill’s speech at the college. The Missouri Museum That Churchill Built 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z I saw the Churchill movie “Darkest Hour,” and I saw the new Haneke movie, which I found to be hilarious at times, though I was the only one laughing in the dark. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “Even Winston Churchill got fired,” she told a Sunday Times interviewer in February. I'm not sure a Spice Girls invite is what Theresa May really, really wants 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z "I thought, 'What the hell are they doing here?'" remembers Churchill. The Rolling Stones at Villa Nellc?te 2010-05-14T23:36:00Z The tutor hired for the queen in Episode 7 was fictional and the young secretary who worked for Churchill a composite. Review | Attention ‘The Crown’ fanatics: Your royal education continues with these recent books 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As Clarke says, Churchill's profession was writing but his vocation was politics. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z Both books manage to tell their tales of Churchill the adventurer and gambler elegantly. Mr high-roller 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Churchill wanted the movie banned; remarkably, some of it is about wartime censorship. The Life and Death of Colonel?Blimp ? review 2012-05-17T20:52:01Z Convalescing in Georgia after an exhausting summit with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin about ending the war and creating the peace to follow, he slumped in his chair, dead from a cerebral hemorrhage. A Day-by-Day Re-Creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Churchill knew that the country’s charismatic president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was, in Larson’s words, “an ally in spirit,” but he also knew that that was not enough. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Around 115 years after it was written, the only known poem written by an adult Churchill has been discovered by Roy Davids, a retired manuscript dealer from Great Haseley in Oxfordshire. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Churchill's reflections on Lord Beaverbrook, proprietor of the Daily and Sunday Express, were recorded in 1945 in the diary of his doctor, Lord Moran. Events, Dear Boy, Events edited by Ruth Winstone - review 2012-12-26T07:00:04Z Even dark rumours about its historical inaccuracies, including an essay from Christopher Hitchens about its tactful rewriting of Winston Churchill's actual loyalties in the late 1930s, could not affect this film's popularity with Academy voters. Oscars 2011: The Academy and the elderly genuflect to The King's Speech 2011-02-28T09:20:46Z Getting there took six months of research, watching and listening to documentary footage of Churchill, and a total face prosthetic for Oldman, who bears little resemblance to the stooping, bow-tied British leader. Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Churchill helped – he sent five warships to search for thousands of pieces of wreckage and bodies: we shall find them on the beaches ... A Great British Air Disaster; Beat the Ancestors – TV review 2013-02-25T07:00:18Z Stepping in … Edward Fox, above, will be playing Winston Churchill in The Audience after Robert Hardy was forced to withdraw. It's hard not to groan when a star pulls out 2013-03-01T17:39:37Z Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt are central characters, but so are Tojo, Mussolini and two American generals, Patton and MacArthur. ‘The World Wars,’ on History, Links Evens Across 30 Years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Even with regard to the news media, Toye doesn’t really establish how Churchill’s career was affected by the evolution of the modern press in a way that was different from those of other public figures. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z This show brings together pieces from their diverse collection — including Jewish ceremonial art, Chinese ivory carvings and paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent and even Winston Churchill — and revisits their family history. At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z His first picture, taken at 13 with his father’s camera, is a startlingly assured one of Winston Churchill standing in his convertible limousine during a visit to Zurich. René Burri, Photographer of Picasso and Che, Dies at 81 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Woodcock refused to allow Mr. Churchill, a prominent spokesman for El Sistema in this country; his staff; or the fellows to speak to a reporter. Conservatory Is to Cut Ties to Children?s Music Project 2011-01-22T00:26:35Z That changed with the 1975 publication of “The Eagle Has Landed,” about a fictional World War II plot to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dead at 92 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z “I’m sad and I disagree, but respectfully,” The Globe quoted Mr. Churchill as saying. Conservatory Is to Cut Ties to Children?s Music Project 2011-01-22T00:26:35Z Even Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt got frustrated with each other — let alone with Stalin and de Gaulle. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z In August 1941, Churchill was about to step off the boat to meet U.S. Seafaring felines: Cats have long had adventures aboard ships 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z They believe “today’s Churchill is mobilized from the grave by those who feel that — somewhere, sometime — they surrendered their historical patrimony.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z When my parents passed away in 2015, I decided to use some of my inheritance to travel to Churchill, a city situated on Hudson Bay, where polar bears congregate in October. In the polar-bear capital of the world, a dream is realized 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill, then a member of the British Parliament, and artist Paul Maze were leisurely painting at their easels by a babbling brook in the French countryside. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The Double Cross plan wasn't introduced to Churchill until fairly late in the game. ArtsBeat: The Spy Game: Ben Macintyre Talks About 'Double Cross' 2012-08-01T18:12:24Z Less well known is that Churchill also learned from his successes. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Independent, taciturn and lower-middle class, Sutherland painted Churchill as a gloomy, exhausted old man slumped in a chair. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Churchill is accurately depicted as the ‘human dynamo’ his contemporaries thought him to be. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Faced with the possible German destruction of the Royal Air Force’s bases in 1940, Churchill overruled his military command and drew Wehrmacht attacks to British cities. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Wily old Churchill, in his second term as Prime Minister, knows of the king’s illness well before he does, of course. John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Beatrice had been loath to listen to the one-size-fits-all audio guide at the British Museum, but she listened straight through the Churchill War Rooms guide, tickled that her version differed from mine. A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z It's sort of like what Churchill said about democracy: It sucks, it's lousy, but it's better than anything else. "We've got a Marvel movie here": Stephen Gyllenhaal reframes the not-for-profit battle for justice 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Except, as he's soon reminded, Churchill likely never said any such thing. How Maura Tierney learned to identify with a "monstrous" torturer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In her will, Lady Soames also bequeathed her personal papers to the Churchill Archives at Churchill College, Cambridge, where they will become available for education and research. Churchill paintings offered to nation 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z To that end, it’s worth remembering that Ms. Churchill’s play had its premiere in 1982, three years after the unveiling of “The Dinner Party,” Judy Chicago’s iconic piece of feminist art. Theater Review: Boys' Night Out, Girls' Night Out, and 'The Faith Machine' 2011-09-06T12:00:05Z In fact, he compares the elder Bush’s record to that of Winston Churchill, who led Britain to success in World War II and then was forced into retirement. Book review: ‘41: A Portrait of My Father’ by George W. Bush Churchill, paintbrush in hand and cigar wedged in his mouth, did not turn from his canvas. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z In the fall, Churchill, Manitoba, is overrun with polar bears waiting for the ice to form on Hudson Bay; come the November freeze-up, the bears head out and disappear. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z That poster on the wall of Winston Churchill, clenching a cigar, clutching a Tommy gun? ‘It’s John against the world right now’ It was pointless to request a table unless your name happened to be Winston Frederick Churchill Guest. The Hamptons on the Hoof 2013-08-09T22:11:52Z And national efforts to dismantle statues for Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee have widened to include figures like Christopher Columbus and Winston Churchill. Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z But, for now, in the battle between historical accuracy and every single clever observation ever uttered being credited to either Mark Twain or Winston Churchill, the misattributors are winning. Maya Angelou and the Internet’s Stamp of Approval 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z He painted it in Morocco, after the Casablanca Conference in 1943, where Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to pursue the “unconditional surrender” of the Axis powers. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z There is strong support from Anthony Andrews as Baldwin and a jowl-wobbling portrayal of Churchill from Timothy Spall. The King's Speech ? review 2010-10-21T15:33:00Z More creepy is the Hall of World Leaders, a surreal group of models of Churchill, De Gaulle, Golda Meir and others. All the presidents' libraries 2010-10-26T10:00:00Z Churchill's painting style matured over the years, and his brushwork became more refined, exhibit curator Tim Riley says. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z After the sour testosterone that befogs the air of “Hangmen,” it was rather a relief to spend time with the all-female cast of Ms. Churchill’s “Escaped Alone” that evening. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Toye catches Churchill colluding with publishers, shifting his views to gain an advantage, currying favor with colleagues and journalists, then conspiring against them, and obsessing about the coverage of the war effort. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Churchill's beloved travel easel will also be on display, along with a 13-minute film about his relationship with the Queen Mary, produced by the ship. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Only once does he really bristle, when Churchill says of Stalin in 1945, “I like that man.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Churchill didn't begin painting until after he was 40. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z I am a huge Churchill admirer but in some places it’s very hard to utter anything critical of him. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The Churchill Centre, by its own admission, is in a position where going fully digital makes commercial, as well as principled, sense. Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z Winston Churchill arrived on the big screen on Wednesday in a new film, Darkest Hour, which is already generating Oscar buzz for its lead actor, Gary Oldman. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Oldman, 59, joins a long line actors who have portrayed Churchill on TV and film, with varying success. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Her political adversaries accused both Churchills of benefiting financially from their ties to Queen Anne. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z All that could be put in jeopardy by Lithgow’s latest role, though: Winston Churchill. John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The year after becoming wartime prime minister, Churchill was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 1941. Churchill beach painting is sold 2011-05-26T15:38:55Z Mr. Churchill disputed that figure, telling The Boston Globe that the yearly costs would be $125,000, with other one-time payments. Conservatory Is to Cut Ties to Children?s Music Project 2011-01-22T00:26:35Z But Churchill believes that language is the most important aspect of Haida culture. Can Film Save Indigenous Languages? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Churchill was the anti-Pétain, but what was it that made him “indispensable”? Hope, certainly, and an ability to communicate resolve with both clarity and force. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But where a dystopian play like Caryl Churchill's Far Away used domestic terror to imply a universe on the edge of the abyss, Stephens's triptych offers isolated existential choices. Wastwater - review 2011-04-05T23:30:12Z I discovered that Winston Churchill is someone who hates, who loves, who’s arrogant. Gary Oldman and Joe Wright on Winston Churchill — as an icon and a man 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Photograph: Corbis Brandon Flowers and Manic Street Preachers were both ousted from the top five in the UK album charts this week – and they can blame Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill scores chart victory 2010-10-04T09:40:00Z Churchill, unlike her sister, was one of the few Haida of her generation who did not attend residential school. Can Film Save Indigenous Languages? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z He was in his eighth-grade Spanish class at the Churchill School and Center in Manhattan on the day of the attacks. Indie writer-director of post-9/11 thriller 'Retina' a multitasking whiz 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z This is, in effect and appearance, Churchill's "fighting them on the beaches", a reverse version of D-day, recreating Saving Private Ryan in all its gory detail in the shadow of the white cliffs of Dover. Robin Hood 2010-05-15T23:09:00Z Sarah Churchill wasn’t doing anything new or particularly wrong. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The Churchills sold in 1829; ensuing owners forsook tobacco for other crops. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia He puts his cards on the table: apparently we need a new Churchill, as we've been groping in the dark ever since Winnie's era ended at the start of the cold war. TV highlights 09/08/2012 2012-08-08T18:59:01Z The film is shy when it comes to making assertions about Churchill's character, presenting him without flaws, as nothing but a fount of perpetual derring-do. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z “We must be very careful,” Churchill warned, “not to assign to this the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations.” The success of "Dunkirk" is proof that the World War II myth machine is still alive and well 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The series began in 2016 and initially focused on Elizabeth marrying Prince Philip and life in Britain under Winston Churchill. Netflix refuses to add disclaimer to ‘The Crown,’ despite pressure from the British government 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z But what Churchill wanted was a hero’s immortality. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Cheryl Faraone, who directs both Churchill plays, tackles them with an even hand, though the tone and pacing could do a better job of helping to steer us to an understanding of each play’s priorities. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Davids, who says the poem "is by far the most exciting Churchill discovery I have seen", admits it is merely "passable". Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z I may not like kids, but I’m not about to say, “Your offspring looks like a cross between Elmer Fudd and Winston Churchill.” Ask Amy: Amy channels W.C. Fields for baby-averse guy 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill, whose fiery resolve and puckish impudence led many to embrace him as an inspiring, authentic, if imperfect, leader, never set out to become an accomplished artist. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z On the following day Winston Churchill, recently returned to Downing Street as prime minister, spoke on the BBC to an audience at home and throughout the world, ending with a grandiose flourish. Dark Truths About Britain’s Imperial Past 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Lloyd George and Winston Churchill are present, as is French premier Georges Clemenceau, the victim of an assassination attempt who still carries a bullet in his back and is examined by Fraser. ‘The Wilson Deception’ review: A terrific new Fraser and Cook mystery 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill is an egotist, General Douglas Haig a “remarkably stupid man to talk to”. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z For the past 80 years, Labour and Tory prime ministers alike have been almost as unwilling as Churchill to forsake their vision of Britain as a global power. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z This is true not only of Shakespeare, but also of linguistically rich latter-day writers like August Wilson, Caryl Churchill, Edward Albee, Suzan-Lori Parks and David Mamet. Turn the Living Room into a Stage: Read Plays Out Loud 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z In the latter years of the war and in the immediate postwar period, Churchill expanded the ambit and meaning of that concept to far-reaching effect. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Next to Churchill in the catalogue I also spotted an intriguing new item called Flower Sprouts, a cross between Brussels sprouts and kale. Brussels sprouts are best after first frost Winston Churchill, for instance, told his cabinet in 1940 that troubles between Hindus and Muslims were “a bulwark of British rule”, and later dismissed famine in Bengal as less important than famine in Greece. For king, then country 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Anne's letters were full of affection, as when she told Churchill that "tis impossible for you ever to believe how much I love you except you saw my heart." 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z However inherently spirited a Margaret-centric novel might seem — and this one includes the princess delivering a tongue-lashing to Winston Churchill — the storytelling here is ultimately more weak tea than intoxicating cocktail. Review | Attention ‘The Crown’ fanatics: Your royal education continues with these recent books 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z When Mary Laws set out to create “Monsterland,” her new socially conscious horror anthology series on Hulu, she drew inspiration from the concise, unnerving fables of the British playwright Caryl Churchill. Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Stalin’s prewar Bolshevik nightmare was responsible for 20 million dead, but apparently was not so loathsome that the Soviet Union could not prove temporarily useful for Churchill and Roosevelt in bleeding out the Nazi Wehrmacht. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z What Churchill “has come to represent,” they say, “has transmogrified into a deeper, more troubling and darker phenomenon in which the past weighs unforgivingly on the present.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But it seems that we shall never reach a time when the Churchill cult is open for honest inspection. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z Less publicised this week was a new entrance to Whitehall's Churchill War Rooms. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z The bad news is that it is a hash, choosing to jumble the historical record and frame a Churchill bout with depression against the D-Day invasion of France by Allied forces. Review: Churchill Battling a War, and Himself 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Cash Proves Seductive, High Times or Down It’s no surprise that “Serious Money,” Caryl Churchill’s feral 1987 satire of London traders and corporate raiders, seems as relevant as ever. Theater Review: ‘Serious Money,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Atlantic Stage 2 2012-07-13T22:03:45Z That Churchill play — “What If If Only,” presented by the National Asian American Theater Company — is the briefest of three I saw in the last week alone. Making Every Second Count in Plays Too Short to Miss 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Kimmel's producers responded by bidding farewell to the singer, booking the band Churchill to replace him. Morrissey accuses Jimmy Kimmel of 'reliving the intellectual fog of the 1950s' 2013-02-28T11:44:55Z He writes about Churchill, whom many people thought was doing things wrong, and the furious debates unconnected with the war, such as about education. Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z These often sounded like propaganda bulletins, particularly the warnings about Churchill's preparations to repel a German invasion. Double Agent Snow by James Hayward – review 2013-01-04T22:55:13Z There is even less hesitation when it’s a new piece by Caryl Churchill, who some argue is the greatest living playwright. Theater to Stream: Pride Goes Online 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,” said Winston Churchill. How architecture shapes our cities - and our lives 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z What did Churchill know, and when did he know it? Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill called the engagement “undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war,” predicting that it would “be regarded as an ever-famous American victory.” Indigenous art at Australian embassy showcases fluidity of form He was a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and an extraordinary fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. Jacques Barzun obituary 2012-10-29T18:27:35Z After a long career in politics, Churchill was thrust into the prime minister’s role following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in 1940. 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The prime minister Winston Churchill worried about making the ritual into a “theatrical performance.” Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z “Disarray at the Track: Breakdown, Part 2,” The New York Times This weekend, the crowd at Churchill Downs will break out the frilly hats and mint juleps to watch the Kentucky Derby. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Killing bin Laden 2013-05-05T17:00:00Z The 10 debut titles in the running for the £10,000 award range from dystopian to popular psychology, and span the globe from Somalia to Finland, Kashmir to Winston Churchill's family home in Kent. Guardian first book award longlist ranges around the world 2010-08-27T14:32:00Z Churchill showed his devotion to the English people by telling them just what they were up against. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The authors of “The Churchill Myths” argue that “a diverse Britain now has a diversity of Churchills.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “I don’t recall the culture secretary complaining about the ridiculous presentation of Winston Churchill in ’Darkest Hour,” he said. Fact or fiction? UK govt says ‘The Crown’ should be clear 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z And naturally, they want to hear every word — because Churchill is worth listening to. Review | 57 plays in one evening? Who’d go to such a thing? You should. 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z So is the retirement of Samuel, or Viscount Bearsted as he became, who helped persuade Winston Churchill to commission oil-burning dreadnoughts just before the first world war. Guts, greed and gushers 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Or, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, do they feed others to a crocodile, hoping it eats them last? What were we thinking? The worst trends of the decade – ranked! 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z But what Churchill omitted to say in his report to parliament – and Dimbleby makes clear – was that following the initial surprise attack, the British advance became bogged down in a minefield. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z Ms. Churchill, the author of “Far Away” and “A Number,” is a veteran of slow-aborning horror. 10 More Plays Where the Future Forecast Is Grim 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Far Away is presented here in a double bill with Seagulls, Churchill's short about a girl's telekinetic gifts. Sherlock Holmes, The History Boys, Race: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-18T05:00:15Z But he saw a lot of sleight of hand as well; for instance the series made frequent use of an actor who bore a resemblance to Winston Churchill. Time Marches ... Backward! 2010-09-02T17:53:00Z “A whole generation has discovered him,” said Timothy Riley, director and chief curator at America’s National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The honour is restricted to 24 members at any one time, plus additional foreign recipients and past recipients include Florence Nightingale, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Edward Elgar and Mother Teresa. Painter Lucian Freud dies aged 88 2011-07-22T09:09:42Z When the singer ran up to him and shook his hand, Churchill asked his private secretary, “Who the hell was that?” The Last Lion Author Paul Reid on How He Came to Write Churchill’s Biography—and His Eight-Year Struggle to Complete It 2013-01-03T16:00:43Z E.T. on the evening of Saturday, May 7, at the hallowed Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, Dialed In, the favorite in the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, will enter the starting gate. The Kentucky Derby's Drug Problem: Time to Kick the Habit 2011-05-27T09:00:00Z Less fair are his attacks on George VI and the monarchy for their support of Chamberlain and distaste for Churchill, since this only reflected the conventional view of parliament and British society. Letters: Cinematic myths and historical facts 2011-02-05T00:05:50Z According to Chamberlain, Churchill argued that “the only safe way” forward “was to convince Hitler that he couldn’t beat us.” Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Blanket bombing in Dresden was described by Churchill as a "heavy raid". Howard Zinn's last testament to the immorality of war 2010-09-23T10:00:00Z Compared to Winston Churchill, who won a Nobel prize for literature, and left the landscape of English prose on fire with inspiration, Thatcher is a non-starter. Margaret Thatcher's mark on books 2013-04-09T14:00:02Z No doubt Churchill himself would have been pleased. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z Such is the hero worship, more than half a century after Churchill’s death, that dissenting voices have trouble being heard. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Britain on Friday marked 50 years since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin in 1965 retracing its journey down London's River Thames. Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Hopkins spent the first weeks of 1941 with Churchill, touring devastated London, traveling to other hard-hit towns, listening to him talk about his determination, but also his desperation. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Gary Oldman won best actor for depicting Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. A battle cry for inclusion: The Shape of Water triumphs in Oscars of seismic change 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Churchill paintings have been displayed in galleries and exhibitions in Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and the United States, said Merry L. Alberigi, a former director of the International Churchill Society. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Darkest Hour is very entertaining, and Gary Oldman’s impersonation of Churchill is exhilarating. Oscars 2018 predictions from our film critic Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Such is the challenge facing any biographer of Churchill: how to weigh in the balance a life filled with so much triumph and disaster, adulation and contempt. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z A London church was dismantled and moved to a Winston Churchill museum in Missouri. Antiques: The Case for a 17th-Century Female British Architect 2012-03-08T23:47:52Z In "The Audience," the queen meets with a succession of British prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Tonys 2015: actress in a play 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Government papers revealing Prime Minister Churchill's part in the bid to boost US support are also on display. Churchill Magna Carta plan revealed 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Puppets, the D-Day invasion and a jump-rope contest featuring Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill. Essential Arts & Culture: Pacino as Tennessee Williams, Diego Rivera at LACMA, suspended Iranian art, 'Mr. Gaga' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s a smart, imaginatively made and unusually sweeping look at what happened to the world from Sarajevo in 1914 to Hiroshima in 1945, or as Churchill put it, “one story of a 30 years’ war.” ‘The World Wars,’ on History, Links Evens Across 30 Years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Powell never met Churchill, to my knowledge, but Pressburger was present at a screening for Churchill and the war cabinet. Good fellows: Martin Scorsese and Colonel Blimp 2012-10-28T13:00:01Z Still, it’s hard to hear the many calls for unity in this rhetoric — speeches not only by American presidents, but also by figures like Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill — without reflecting on current divisions. Swinging the Vote: Jazz Inspired by the Presidential Race 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Identities whirl and evolve in Churchill’s period-hopping puzzle, with its first act in the Victorian era and the second in a 1979 that feels virtually like today. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z His Churchill is, by the 1950s, "a mixture of mothballs and alcohol". World War Two: A Short History by Norman Stone – review 2013-02-13T15:09:49Z "An oratorical genius right up there with Churchill, Kennedy, MLK and Mandela." Conventions often leave analysts star-struck 2012-09-08T16:16:04Z Like, a fistful from the Churchill Hotel in London? Goodbye, old flames! A last look at a matchbook collection that rekindles fond travel memories. 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill, a notorious late riser even during World War II, dictated to typists while breakfasting in bed. Working From Bed Is Actually Great 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Churchill also rewrote David's abdication speech, splendidly delivered by Pearce in the movie. The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z Some are very naturalistic and observed, some are very influenced by Caryl Churchill, Martin Crimp, Pinter. Rupert Goold's Decade: can 9/11 work on the stage? 2011-08-24T20:31:01Z Cannadine wrote that Churchill was “at best indifferent, at worst hostile, to modern abstract art” by Chagall and Picasso. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The actress meticulously catalogued more than 7,500 personal letters from friends and colleagues, addressed to both her and Olivier, including missives from TS Eliot, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother. Vivien Leigh archive acquired by V&A 2013-08-14T14:49:25Z It is by far the greatest portrayal of Churchill ever captured on film.” Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z His came for playing a ferocious yet vulnerable Winston Churchill in best-picture nominee “Darkest Hour,” which also took home a prize for best makeup and hairstyling. Oscars 2018: ‘The Shape of Water’ wins best picture at awards show laced with social and political statements 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Adair said one guest compared a stretch south of Churchill to “traveling on the surface of the moon.” Three train trips to celebrate Canada’s Confederation 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z He dined with Richard Nixon, rode in a golf cart with George Bush Sr. and even met Winston Churchill. Novelist Helprin spins a good yarn in life and art 2012-10-03T19:06:52Z While D-Day "helped us a great deal", Kosyak said, Churchill "wanted the Russians and Germans to destroy each other in this war, and to enter it at the right moment when both were weakened". Who won the war? Russians take a different view on D-Day 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Fast, funny, furious and terrifying, Churchill's bleak vision was given a remarkable premiere by Stephen Daldry. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z Hopped-up soldiers would sprint tirelessly through the Ardennes at the onset of war, an adrenalized performance that left Winston Churchill “dumbfounded,” as he wrote in his memoirs. High on Hitler and Meth: Book Says Nazis Were Fueled by Drugs 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel variety, which bears shades of chestnut and white fur like Pumpkin has, was named after Blenheim Palace, the grand estate of General John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough. The value of Pumpkin on "The Gilded Age," descended from a breed that's all about the good life 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z What about that photograph of Winston Churchill on the shelf? A Tour of Richard Meier’s Summer House in the Hamptons 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The tone throughout is cool, a consequence of Birch’s style, which privileges language and rhythm over emotion, a negotiation of form and content reminiscent of Caryl Churchill. Review: In ‘Anatomy of a Suicide,’ Pain in Triplicate 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z In the acting categories Gary Oldman confirmed his status as frontrunner for the best actor prize, receiving a nomination for his performance as Winston Churchill in another historical drama Darkest Hour. Oscars 2018: Shape of Water leads the way with bumper 13 nominations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Lucy Kirkwood, a fellow playwright, singled out Ms. Churchill’s commitment to experimentation in a glowing tribute earlier this year. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z In the 1920s, Churchill sent five paintings to an amateur show in Paris under a pseudonym — Charles Morin — because he didn’t want to capitalize on his name. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Surrounded by government buildings and overlooked by statues of Nelson Mandela, Winson Churchill and Abraham Lincoln, protesters kettled in Parliament Square had little else to do but chant, smash windows, and make their own entertainment. Pow!: anthem for kettled youth 2011-02-03T21:30:00Z Three museums — the Tate Gallery and the Royal Academy in London, and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts — have Churchill works in their collections. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z You don’t necessarily go to Churchill because you want to see healthy, happy bears. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Last year — when he was 18 — we had great fun reading “The Splendid and the Vile,” Erik Larson’s rip-roaring description of Churchill’s first year as prime minister, a year that coincided with the Blitz. The Best Book That Amor Towles Ever Received as a Gift 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Britain's current leader, David Cameron, began the commemorative events by laying a wreath at a statue of Churchill in parliament delivering a message that praised him as one of Britain's greatest ever statesmen. Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Gems’s script proposes using a set that is “not naturalistic” and “neutral in atmosphere,” which might have given the play a more abstract, poetic quality, in the manner of Caryl Churchill’s history-scrambling “Top Girls.” ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Change in the Air 2013-07-12T16:58:10Z In “The Crown,” Churchill barely manages to hide his fury at the unveiling. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Competing against Day-Lewis will be Gary Oldman, who has also been nominated for best actor for portraying Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”. Time to explore world after acting, triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis says 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Ararat Brandy has been a major export for more than a century, and its velvety depths were made legendary by Winston Churchill, who drank it daily for decades. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Watching Churchill's funeral in 1965, VS Pritchett felt an "undertone of grim self-pity" and premonitions of a "mean" future in which Britain would become to the larger world "one more irrelevant folk culture". The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z A fellowship lured Briggs to Oxford's Worcester College, where he helped Churchill with his monumental History of the English Speaking Peoples. Special Relationships: People and Places by Asa Briggs – review 2012-08-10T21:55:01Z David Starkey concludes his Winston Churchill love-fest with a final look at how the Duke of Marlborough, Churchill's ancestor, influenced the wartime prime minister. TV highlights 09/08/2012 2012-08-08T18:59:01Z "Painting was essential to Churchill. It's where he went to restore himself," Churchill great-grandson Duncan Sandys says aboard the Queen Mary. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z And the events over which Churchill was most criticised? Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden – review 2013-03-15T12:02:59Z Ms. Churchill wrote “Serious Money” in the wake of the Big Bang, the Thatcher-era deregulation of British markets. Theater Review: ‘Serious Money,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Atlantic Stage 2 2012-07-13T22:03:45Z Cox, 73, keeps up on events in his homeland and bristled at Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who wrote a book on Winston Churchill and considers the wartime prime minister his hero. With ‘Succession’ shut down, Brian Cox takes on other roles 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s about a chameleon better known in his native Britain, where this book was published last year with the title “Churchill’s Iceman.” Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Then I think about actually closing my eyes and saying, “Thank you, computer” before logging on for a nice long day of smashing ‘like’ on criticisms of Winston Churchill, and how psychotic that would be. 'We tenderly drop the vibrator into the bin': how I Marie Kondo'd my whole life 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s depressing but unsurprising when generals happily hold forth on the presumably innate “Oriental” indifference to human life or when President Lyndon B. Johnson compares the corrupt dictator Diem to Winston Churchill. In the Heat of Battle, ‘In the Year of the Pig’ 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z In other words, I didn’t say we were talking about Churchill at first. The Last Lion Author Paul Reid on How He Came to Write Churchill’s Biography—and His Eight-Year Struggle to Complete It 2013-01-03T16:00:43Z Churchill, whose garrulousness must be difficult to act, is portrayed quite effectively for me, and I celebrate the contribution of every person credited for an outstanding performance, at least in the first two episodes. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Churchill cooked dinner for Ms. Chavkin last summer in London. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Despite meeting luminaries of the 20th century from Winston Churchill to Virginia Woolf to King Edward and Mrs Simpson, says Claflin, "he just floats through as an ordinary man". Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin: three actors, one man 2010-11-21T06:00:00Z The series, with new episodes Wednesday nights, chronicles the annual polar bear migration that runs through Churchill, a town in Manitoba, Canada, where the relocating bears are a tourist draw. Where the Wild Things (and Narrators) Are, on Television 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z He was the author of almost 90 books, the most famous of which was the compendious Churchill biography begun in the 1960s by Churchill’s son, Randolph. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z And there is no love lost between Winston Churchill and the Irish taoiseach, Eamon de Valera, who has refused to breach Ireland’s neutrality by allowing the Allies access to the country’s deep-sea ports. An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Furthermore, the Netflix show is actually inspired by “The Audience,” which details a series of meetings between the British monarch and various prime ministers from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. No Netflix 'Crown' for Helen Mirren 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z And my husband and I are in Winston Churchill’s room. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The previous state funeral not for a monarch was Winston Churchill's in 1965. 7 details you may have missed from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The title of the film, which will be released theatrically outside the United States, refers to Winston Churchill's characterization of the cultural and historical U.S.-Britain ties as a "special relationship." Clinton-Blair years focus of HBO's 'Relationship' 2010-05-29T03:40:00Z In departure, he left a letter for Churchill, who was in Washington meeting Roosevelt, in which he expressed no thanks for British help. The Legacy De Gaulle Left in London 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Phillip Hoose’s compelling book tells the little-known story of a group of Nazi resisters in Denmark known as the Churchill Club. The best children’s books for May 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Other Churchill plays performed there include Far Away and A Number, both of which also began life at the Royal Court. Caryl Churchill's Love and Information to premiere in New York 2013-03-13T11:27:56Z He grew up in Potomac, Md.; attended Winston Churchill High School there; and later graduated from Harvard, where he studied musicology and psychology. Daniel Anker, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 50 2014-04-25T20:09:29Z Cita Stelzer’s new book, “Dinner with Churchill,” is a welcome addition to the myriad biographies of and histories about the British prime minister. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z You could call Lithgow stunt casting, a marquee name for the credits, but it’s also an antidote to what Morgan calls “Churchill fatigue”. John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z "There were more scenes in the longer version of the film that delved a little bit more complexly with Churchill," said Rush. Geoffrey Rush against re-editing "King's Speech" 2011-01-31T21:37:00Z I’m always profoundly moved whenever I’m strolling around the museum and encounter a corps of German visitors, screaming insults at Churchill and the R.A.F. and kicking British tanks. Bruce McCall’s “A Brush With Greatness” 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “I said to him, ‘You could be the new Churchill here: you could say Britain is a leader in Europe and we’ve achieved all these things.’ From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Churchill had one final meeting with Anne in 1710, and although she regained some of her status under George I, she was never reconciled with her former friend. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Most of Churchill’s paintings are landscapes or still lifes — of roses, tulips, magnolias, lilies, orchids and daffodils, fruits and wine bottles. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Waterways, forests and fertile soil enriched a gentry focused on raising tobacco, including William Churchill, a 1670s settler who prospered as planter, merchant and officeholder. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia I’ve never seen Winston Churchill’s paintings in person, but what strikes me vividly even in reproduction is their unusually open and lucid sense of space. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z When British Prime Minister Robert Walpole needed money to fund the government, it was Sarah Churchill whom he approached for a loan of 200,000 pounds. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Both blurred the line between soldier and journalist; Churchill in the Boer War, Orwell in the Spanish Civil War. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z After the war, Chanel was arrested and released hours later, saved by "the intervention of her old friend Winston Churchill," the press release for the book said. New book claims Coco Chanel was Nazi spy 2011-08-17T22:16:05Z Like Piers Morgan, who is outrageous on an almost daily f***ing basis, was outraged by somebody suggesting that Winston Churchill was a white supremacist in his beliefs. "It's our foundation myth": PBS' "World on Fire" challenges the World War II narrative we know 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z There’s a similar lack of punch in the Churchill works, both of which felt narratively incomplete and directionally imbalanced. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Anchoring the celebrations will be the Churchill paintings. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The association with Churchill “inevitably reminds us of incredible strength, wisdom, confidence and diplomacy, all of which are necessary for the successful completion of the journey” to become a master sommelier, she says. The best corks to pop for new master sommeliers According to Churchill's biographer Sir Max Hastings, the number became an optimistic talisman for them in the dark days of 1940. The Cannes film festival in my head 2010-05-11T09:53:00Z It's when a character cynically quotes Winston Churchill, obseving that "History is written by the victors." How Maura Tierney learned to identify with a "monstrous" torturer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z He makes his appearance with the malaprop assumption that Churchill is “Church Hill,” and he squeezes the last drop of embarrassment out of this blunder and all those to come. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In the end, the important question is: was the great camouflage deception at Alamein an important factor in the victory – as Churchill, Montgomery and the camoufleurs believed – or not? The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z Churchill selected his son, the writer Randolph Churchill, to be his official biographer. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Q: Gary, your Churchill is a flawed hero. Gary Oldman and Joe Wright on Winston Churchill — as an icon and a man 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The party chides Marcel after he risks his life clandestinely to distribute leaflets attacking Hitler because they didn’t also denounce Churchill. The TV Watch: ‘Spiral’ and 3 Other French Shows Worth Seeking Out 2013-08-29T21:31:17Z As in plays like Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” and Nick Payne’s “Constellations,” these are often deliberately disorienting, changing subject suddenly and delivered out of order. Review: In ‘Sanctuary City,’ Slamming the Door on the Dream 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Churchill – an ally in two world wars and the cold war – has become something of a cultural touchstone for politicians on both sides of the aisle, especially conservative Republicans. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z She took Churchill's term for his clinical depression – "the black dog", hyper-realised it and placed the result right in the centre of a story about grief. Twelve of the best new novelists 2011-02-25T13:05:56Z Based on an early autobiography by Churchill, the “young Winston” of this movie is seen in several eras, from him days at school to his time as a war correspondent and his election to Parliament. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ and ‘Superfly’ 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Lithgow's an odd choice for Churchill; I've mostly seen him do parodies of big personalities, so my difficulty in wrapping my head around him as a serious Churchill might just be my own preconceptions. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A sex farce with gender politics on its mind, Caryl Churchill's "Cloud 9" is a feminist classic that still bowls theatergoers over with its breathtaking theatrical daring. 'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Wandering about were Churchill, a stately plump English bulldog, and Lucy, a sad-eyed Italian mastiff who barks at the slightest noise but tenderly nuzzles all visitors. Seeking Sobriety in Brooklyn 2011-04-06T19:37:02Z As to the viability of blended scotches, it is said that Winston Churchill, who as prime minister of Britain had the choice of any scotch in the land. preferred a blend. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill saw to it personally that the poster was banned for its poor reflection on pre-war Tory governments. Finsbury Health Centre ? an expert's view 2010-04-12T19:26:00Z He performed for audiences as varied as Winston Churchill and fans of the Rolling Stones, for whom he once served as the opening act. The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Directed by Olivier Award-nominee Andrew Wright, the tour will begin at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 13 January, and run until June playing at nearly 20 cities across the UK. Happy Days musical names full cast 2013-09-05T12:58:02Z Maybe, if the Graham Norton Show had been on in the 1950s, Churchill would have appeared on it, delivering those nuggets of wit on the BBC sofa rather than in Westminster. John O'Farrell: the comedian turned politician with a shot at Eastleigh 2013-02-27T15:00:04Z Mr Churchill has committed a grave faux-pas by congratulating the Indian troops. Counting One's Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, edited by William Shawcross – digested read 2012-10-14T18:00:02Z Paul of Tarsus was on the road to Damascus when he got the call; Churchill heard Neville Chamberlain resign; Donald Trump rode down a gilded stairway. The Plot Against America: Donald Trump’s Rhetoric 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Churchill, for all her radicalism, upholds this classical tradition. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Other nominations in the same category at the British equivalent of the Oscars, commonly known as the Baftas, include “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour,” the Winston Churchill biopic. ‘The Shape of Water’ by Guillermo del Toro Gets 12 Bafta Nominations 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Seemingly the only person among the summer crowd to warn fellow partygoers about the dangerous rise of fascism and the inevitability of war was Winston Churchill, a guest at the Château de l’Horizon. It Was ‘Chanel’s Riviera’ in the 1930s. Then Came World War II. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z David said Churchill declined to be buried at the abbey, saying he didn’t wish to be walked upon in death as he had been in life. Centuries of history come to life on a verger tour of Westminster Abbey 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Spall's goes overboard on his Winston Churchill impression It must be difficult to play Winston Churchill without slipping into caricature. The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z In 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower said Churchill “comes closest to fulfilling the requirement of greatness of any individual that I have met in my lifetime”. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Once Churchill became Britain’s prime minister, she set about choosing a wardrobe ingeniously designed to help raise morale and keep the people going through their darkest hour. Defined by their look: First ladies must set the right tone with their wardrobe — is this too colorful for the age of ISIS? 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Churchill implies that all societies today seethe with a paranoia that turns every knock at the door into a threat, and that we all-too-easily translate our private rage into public violence. Ding Dong the Wicked – review 2012-10-05T14:52:51Z He says the popular perception of what a political play is, essentially means those scripts by writers such as David Hare and Caryl Churchill that explicitly engage with the "big issues". Noises off: Can theatre critics ever be truly objective? 2011-03-17T12:41:05Z He refines her cold-warrior instincts with heavy doses of Churchill, and disciplines her patriotism with an informed sense of England's glorious past. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – review 2012-08-23T07:00:02Z Churchill lays bare the frenetic zeitgeist with surgical precision, but she allows mystery and poetry to hold sway. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The restlessly creative Caryl Churchill’s montage of whizzing scenes was brilliantly imagined by director Michael Dove and a rangy 14-member ensemble. The 10 best Washington theater productions in 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z David Cannadine, a Princeton University professor of history, said in a book he edited, “Churchill: the Statesman as Artist,” that painting was a successful strategy that Churchill used to keep depression at bay. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Maze's portrait of Churchill at his easel, painted that day the telegram arrived in France, also will be on view. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It was all a lie, pure promotional propaganda, and seven years later those in charge at Churchill Downs officially embraced it. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Churchill did not compose this play in remote isolation. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Churchill picked up the catchphrase late, in the early 1930s, and used it opportunistically, to make money. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms are open daily, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Memories of World War II on Display in London 2010-08-09T10:05:00Z Despite plenty of on-screen action – again, accurately sourced from Churchill's own accounts – and almost ceaseless explosions, the second hour drags, feeling like a series of outtakes from Young Indiana Jones. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z Britain's current leader, David Cameron, began the remembrance events at a ceremony in parliament, laying a wreath at a statue of Churchill, a man he described as "a great Briton" who should never be forgotten. Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill, because he and Arthur would have a great conversation; he had a real clear mind. Colin Salmon on his favourite TV 2012-10-05T13:00:00Z One evening, Maugham went on a date with Mary Soames, the daughter of Winston Churchill. The Servant: a 60s masterwork that hides its homosexuality in the shadows 2013-03-27T16:21:00Z The trajectory he describes for Churchill — hit-or-miss exploration, mastery of the political moment, eventual loss of zeitgeist — is normal for every political career. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z At the height of her career she was among the world's highest paid actresses, won an honorary Oscar, and counted Anne Frank and Winston Churchill among her fans. Early Hollywood teen star Deanna Durbin dies at 91 2013-05-02T05:25:08Z Another details the arrest of Andrew Albert, husband of the socialite Annie Churchill, who is accused of defrauding investors in a nonexistent shopping Web site. Peter Davis to Introduce a Society Magazine 2012-02-29T23:17:03Z There’s more than a trace of Lewis Carroll crossed with Caryl Churchill in Mr. Crimp’s cityscape, where, by play’s end, the blind are literally leading the blind, nodding at one point at “King Lear.” Once Cryptic, ‘The Treatment’ Now Proves Trenchantly Funny 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s been rumored that Maugham wrote as many as 14 additional stories about Ashenden’s war service, but that Winston Churchill told him they violated the Official Secrets Act. Review | ‘Ashenden’: the perfect late summer escape read, and a classic 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill, for example, was cited for his "brilliant oratory" skills when he won in 1953. Times a-changin': Nobel jury says lyrics can be literature 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z A tearful Gary Oldman was named best actor for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, stating he was “overjoyed” to be accepting the honor. SAG awards 2018: Three Billboards wins big in female-powered ceremony 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z I do believe she is the equal of Churchill, and that her reputation will only rise as the decades go past. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z According to The Audience's designer Bob Crowley, Hardy had arrived for his costume fitting with one of Churchill's own bow ties in hand. Robert Hardy pulls out of Gielgud theatre's production of The Audience 2013-02-26T16:36:16Z In the end, Roberts sums up Churchill’s overriding achievement in a single sentence: It was “not that he stopped a German invasion … but that he stopped the British government from making a peace.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z This was a difficult time in Churchill's life; the year before, his daughter Marigold had died. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Yet, as the abdication crisis deepened in 1936, Churchill diverted himself from this essential work – to the horror of his colleagues – in order to involve himself in keeping a pro-Nazi playboy on the throne. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z The politicians did not acknowledge that they were aiming at civilians, though Churchill himself veered between acute anxiety over the use of terror tactics and an intense desire to smash the Third Reich to smithereens. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z Six hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, the Churchill region of Manitoba is by far the most accessible place to spot polar bears. These Are the Best Places to See Baby Animals 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z With the Soviet Union forcing its system on East Germany and several neighboring countries, “an iron curtain” had descended across Europe, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said. The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago Churchill, one of the sharpest minds in the theater, is hardly anti-science or anti-intellectual. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Churchill and Thatcher were especially vocal critics: They felt there was something a bit pinko about the whole enterprise. A Century of the BBC, a ‘Quasi-Mystical’ Part of England’s Psyche 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Fear festers, burrows and blooms in Caryl Churchill’s “Escaped Alone,” a short and wondrous play that plumbs the depths of 21st-century terrors, large and small. Review: In ‘Escaped Alone’ Fears Small (Cats) and Large (Apocalypse) 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In the realm of biography, he was regarded as a foremost expert on Churchill, Britain’s wartime prime minister. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The historian Andrew Roberts’s insight about Churchill’s relation to fate in “Churchill: Walking With Destiny” comes directly from the subject himself. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Plank is trying to bring horse racing back to its old prominence, and in 2010 one of his horses won the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs. Beer and loathing at the Preakness Stakes 2013-05-25T16:00:00Z “Cavanaugh just blew my mind. The way he speaks from his soul and his heart,” said Kathleen Blair, 70, a resident at Churchill. A Maryland 7-year-old was bullied. He responded by opening a food pantry. 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Both the Churchill gun and that pastoral view figure prominently in the novel's plot. 'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand': Late-life romance meets some obstacles in debut novel 2010-04-29T20:08:00Z It was only a matter of time before Churchill addressed our smartphones. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “Most critics,” Alberigi wrote in the society’s publication, “shared the opinion that, while Churchill did not rank among the great master artists, his work had distinct merit.” Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z This week's episode, I gather, involves Winston Churchill hiring Daleks to fight the Nazi menace, and Spitfires in space. Doctor Who's acid test 2010-04-13T20:00:00Z President Obama's oratory has the same rhythms as Dr Martin Luther King's, and it sometimes seems that every speaker at a British political party conference has come as Winston Churchill. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z It took on a crucial role in public life with the onset of World War II, when the service brought Churchill's famous speeches to the airwaves. BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal 2012-11-11T20:32:10Z During that time, she and her husband, Gavin Grant, have edited the magazine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and operated Small Beer Press, whose ongoing success belies its modest name. Book review: Kelly Link’s fantastic, fantastical ‘Get in Trouble’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The Kentucky Derby, postponed from its usual first Saturday in May, is still scheduled for Sept. 5, and the Empress’s bejeweled fingers are crossed that there’s no Churchill Downer. Style Invitational Week 1386: Colt following — it’s the grandfoals 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z After getting drunk, Munnings revealed in a speech - broadcast on national radio - that he would happily have joined Winston Churchill in kicking Picasso up the "something something". Not flushed with success 2011-07-18T07:59:05Z Ironically, it was Britain under Winston Churchill that developed terror bombing, in Iraq in the 1920s. Japan is right to be angry at QI atom bomb joke 2011-02-08T15:30:00Z Continuing his season sweep, Gary Oldman scooped up another best actor award for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” Time’s Up Descends on Baftas as ‘Three Billboards’ Wins 5 Awards 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z At the time, Mr. Johnson was writing children’s books with his first wife, Ann Donegan, about historical figures like Winston Churchill, Jackie Robinson, Christopher Columbus and Confucius. Spencer Johnson, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ Author, Dies at 78 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Some Churchill plays are, for sure, easier to consume than others. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Images of Britain's wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill are dotted around the pub. Traditional English pub becomes lavish Christmas spectacle 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Kristin Scott Thomas, who plays Churchill’s wife, Clementine, added that as a character, Churchill offers hope and faith in “someone showing up.” 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z There are a few comparisons between Churchill and Lincoln in these documents, which seem thoroughly appropriate. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z First, Churchill simply didn’t like to be touched, except maybe his wife would put her hand on his. The Last Lion Author Paul Reid on How He Came to Write Churchill’s Biography—and His Eight-Year Struggle to Complete It 2013-01-03T16:00:43Z As Pugh drily observes, not only were there all the usual appeasement suspects, but Churchill's own opposition to fascism was "non-ideological". Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z It was the first example of what would be Churchill's phenomenal luck in the face of enemy fire. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He repeats the old saw, usually ascribed to Winston Churchill: “You can count on Americans to do the right thing after they’ve exhausted all the other possibilities.” George Clooney interview: ‘Donald Trump is a xenophobic fascist’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In this reworking of the past Henry A. Wallace, the progressive who was vice president during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s third term, is puffed up as a greater hero than Roosevelt and Churchill. Television Review: Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold’ American History, on Showtime 2012-11-11T22:45:38Z First surprise of the list: it's a different Winston Churchill. The novelty value of Publishers Weekly's novel list 2013-02-26T15:00:00Z Clearly, Ms. Churchill wants the audience to endure in real time the inertia that stifled change in 1647 and so much human potential over the centuries. Review: When the ‘Light Shining’ on Revolution Falters 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Scott won an Emmy award as the executive producer of the 2002 television movie, "The Gathering Storm" about Winston Churchill in the years leading up to World War II. ArtsBeat: Director Tony Scott Jumps to His Death From Los Angeles Bridge 2012-08-20T06:00:05Z WOODSTOCK, England — Just before 5 a.m. on Sept. 14, a fully-functioning toilet made of 18-karat gold was stolen from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. What Happened to the Stolen Gold Toilet? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z After their meeting, Churchill and Roosevelt watched the sunset over Marrakesh and the Atlas Mountains together, and Churchill later painted the scene. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z When my son was about 10, we went to London together, where our visit to the Churchill war rooms proved to be a highlight. The Best Book That Amor Towles Ever Received as a Gift 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z On V-E Day, Churchill proudly declared that “every man, woman and child in the country had no thought of quitting the struggle.” ‘I Am the Kind of Woman I Would Run From’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Nominally about genetic cloning, Churchill’s hourlong drama moves beyond scientific inquiry to address more human issues, like sibling hatred and the slippery nature of happiness. The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z I recently read Churchill’s book about the interwar period, “The Gathering Storm.” Garry Kasparov Says We Are Living in Chaos, But Remains an Incorrigible Optimist 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Churchill is regarded with frank adoration by the camera and by the people, the women in particular, charged with the tasks of attending and indulging him. Review: ‘Darkest Hour,’ or the Great Man Theory of History (and Acting) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Or so thought that uber-liberal FDR about good ol’ “Uncle Joe” right to the end, even as conservative Winston Churchill tried desperately to convince him otherwise. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z Wilson is presented as a regal favourite: the Queen invited herself to dinner with him at Downing Street in a mark of favour extended to no other PM except Churchill. The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z While he was still a graduate student, he came to the attention of Randolph Churchill, who was overseeing a team of historians researching his father’s biography. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Or, oh — I want Keats, Byron, Rachel Carson, Dickens, Darwin — and, oh, I so want Churchill and, and, and — my dinner party will need a banqueting hall to fit them all in! How Books Led a Young Jane Goodall to Live Among the Chimps 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Clunes, 50, is the latest star to be dropped by Churchill Insurance. Clunes dropped after driving ban 2012-11-19T11:35:51Z “What I feel, if anything, is a sense of ever-so-slight depression at the scale of the distance” between him and Churchill. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Two new books explore what elevated Winston Churchill to prominence and the shadows he continues to cast on British and American political culture. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But according to my source, Rockwell had spent more than 40 summers in the bear-heavy tidal marshes east of Churchill. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z In a 1935 letter, Churchill summed it up simply: "What it has been to me to live all these years in your heart and companionship no phrases can convey." The sappy, poignant, and risqué love letters of 7 world leaders 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Take, for example, Ms. Churchill’s 1976 play “Light Shining in Buckinghamshire,” which is now in previews and opens May 7 at New York Theater Workshop. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Before and during the Second World War, he was a crucial diplomat for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, charged with special negotiations with Churchill and Stalin. “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Churchill had no idea who James was, found him tedious, and behaved crudely. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Allan Packwood, director of the Churchill Archive Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, said the wartime prime minister's interest in poetry spanned the sophisticated to the more earthy. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z A single alteration of history – such as, in Sansom's vision, Lord Halifax rather than Churchill holding sway over the war cabinet in 1940 – can have repercussions all over the globe. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z Thirty-eight paintings by Sir Winston Churchill are being offered to the nation, following the death of the politician's youngest daughter in May. Churchill paintings offered to nation 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In legend, the story of 1940 is uncomplicated: Churchill, as Edward R. Murrow observed, mobilized the English language and sent it into battle, and once the fighting was over light triumphed over darkness. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s a little like a councilman thanking Winston Churchill in a sanitation bill — or a TV critic assessing “The X Factor” with a nod to Roland Barthes. Television Review: ?Hell on Wheels? on AMC ? Review 2011-11-03T22:25:01Z Roberts is admiring of Churchill, but not uncritically so. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Alexander Hanson plays the osteopath who treated Gandhi and Winston Churchill, painted portraits of royal family members and then partied the night away with showgirls and aristocrats. Sex, spies and society scandal in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 2013-09-30T19:53:03Z The glow of privilege even falls upon common prime ministers, with George Arliss, Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman taking top acting honours as Disraeli, Thatcher and Churchill respectively. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z He could not have known that Winston Churchill despised the film and ensured its failure at the box office. Good fellows: Martin Scorsese and Colonel Blimp 2012-10-28T13:00:01Z Indeed, Churchill was an early advocate of the French general, overruling the British cabinet when they attempted to block de Gaulle’s initial BBC radio address. The Legacy De Gaulle Left in London 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Her British counterpart during the Second World War, Clementine Churchill, was a more deliberate master of the sartorial arts. Defined by their look: First ladies must set the right tone with their wardrobe — is this too colorful for the age of ISIS? 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The queen had a close relationship with Sarah Churchill since their childhood but it was rumored that they had a romantic relationship. The hidden history of queer British royals 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z All told, it must surely be the best single-volume biography of Churchill yet written. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z As well as challenging theatre schedules, Churchill's plays have a long record of testing production possibilities. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z Intimations of mortality do nothing to persuade him to resign as prime minister and make way for Anthony Eden, as Churchill’s colleagues and family fervently wish. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Finally there’s the biggest prima donna — the entitled, petulant, newly reelected prime minister, Winston Churchill. Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ is best when viewed like separate little movies 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z We also encounter Winston Churchill, but he’s only 4, out for a walk with his father. The civilized crime fiction of Charles Finch 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Taylor also appeared in "The Train Robbers" and, most recently, in a cameo role as the late British wartime leader Winston Churchill in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds". 'Time Machine', 'Birds' actor Rod Taylor dead at age 84 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z In addition to her volumes on Beckett, Ms. Cohn wrote other books about modern American and British theater and analyses of playwrights, including artistic descendants of Beckett like Edward Albee, Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill. Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 2011-10-30T23:41:58Z Getting there took six months of research, watching and listening to documentary footage of Churchill, and a total face prosthetic for Oldman, who bears little resemblance to the stooping, bow-tied British leader. Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Today, Churchill is commemorated in numerous busts and statues and a US navy destroyer is named after him. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Until Sept. 14, “America” had been installed in a wood-paneled closet just outside the bedroom where Churchill was born. What Happened to the Stolen Gold Toilet? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “Then and there,” Lukacs wrote, Churchill “saved Britain, and Europe and Western civilization.” Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z After World War II, Churchill received invitations to speak all over the world. The Missouri Museum That Churchill Built 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z English painter Graham Sutherland with his portrait of Winston Churchill, 1955. Lost, Stolen or Shredded by Rick Gekoski – review 2013-05-12T08:00:02Z To that end Ms. Churchill recommends that every actor play several characters and that many characters be played by several actors, thus preventing us from getting attached to anyone. Review: When the ‘Light Shining’ on Revolution Falters 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Photograph: Robert Day Caryl Churchill's remarkable play Far Away, set in a world constantly at war, is revived by Dominic Hill at the Citizens in Glasgow. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-17T14:35:33Z Instead, the first night's narrative focuses on the experiences of Hitler, Churchill and Roosevelt as well Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur and George S. Patton as they survive and in some cases thrive. History's 'World Wars' makes for fine Memorial Day viewing 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Joe Wright Gary Oldman turns in a grandstanding performance as Winston Churchill in this handsomely mounted movie, which brings a House of Cards tone to a familiar story. Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z History fascinates me – my particular hero is Sir Winston Churchill. Robin Gibb: 'I don't sing with my voice, I sing with my heart' ? a classic interview from 1969 2012-05-21T10:39:33Z Michael Gambon portrays Winston Churchill at 78, determined to keep his life-threatening stroke — in the summer of 1953, when he was prime minister for the second time — a secret from the world. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Churchill’s Secret’ and ‘Son of Zorn’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Also passing through is the actor Leslie Howard, who died when a German fighter shot down his plane, likely because the pilot thought Churchill was aboard. Book recounts Lisbon in the shadow of WWII 2011-12-01T00:45:04Z POTSDAM, Germany — Winston Churchill’s walking cane, Panama hat and cigar tube are on their way here, but they’ve been delayed. Looking Back on 16 Days That Shaped History 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Even when disaster befell him, Churchill always managed to bounce back. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Kristin Scott Thomas is his wife, Clementine Churchill, a woman of brisk confidence and ironic disposition who long ago made peace with her secondary place in his public life. Review: ‘Darkest Hour,’ or the Great Man Theory of History (and Acting) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Churchill said he would obey to avoid jeopardizing his relationship with New England Conservatory, given that he was likely to remain with El Sistema U.S.A., wherever it lands. Conservatory Is to Cut Ties to Children?s Music Project 2011-01-22T00:26:35Z They compete for thumping length with Winston Churchill's multi-volume chronicle of the second world war. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z For example, in what was then Salisbury, Rhodesia, the temporary governor was Christopher Soames, Churchill's son-in-law. Simon Hoggart's week: would you buy a poncho from a Guardian columnist? 2013-05-10T18:02:52Z According to Johnson, the Churchill estate approached him to write a book about the wartime prime minister to mark the 50th anniversary of his death in January 2015. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future “If words counted,” Churchill himself declared, “we should win this war.” How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Maybe a new generation of women performers will have a sideline in "doing" Maggie in numberless transatlantic TV co-productions the way males of a certain age "do" Winston Churchill. Margaret Thatcher: the Iron Lady of British film 2013-04-09T07:00:06Z A look at how Winston Churchill led Britain through World War II that explores both his political gamesmanship and his family dynamics. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z David Starkey … who informed us that MPs now don't have the talent to match Winston Churchill, or the ancestry. TV review: The Churchills; Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder – The Big Clear Out 2012-07-26T21:00:03Z For example: The royal family permitted the author to read King George VI’s diary notes about his wartime meetings with Churchill. Perspective | The 10 books to read in November 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z And the archive’s establishment in 1973 – like that of Churchill College, 13 years earlier – owed much to American philanthropy. Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z And Churchill had continued to cling to power? Peter Morgan Serves the Queen, Again 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Because he was a politician who switched parties through his long political career, both sides of that debate were able to disinter Churchill to bolster their arguments. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But I think, like Churchill, it was his private suffering that prepared him to help a nation that was suffering. Abraham Lincoln, bare-knuckle brawler? 2012-12-12T22:26:00Z It appears to be newsreel footage from our historical timeline — victorious United States troops raising the flag, Franklin D. Roosevelt meeting with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. Review: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Imagines America Ruled by 2 Foreign Powers 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill, who rallied Britons during World War II’s darkest days, is a name frequently invoked — even by Churchill’s biographer. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Pamela, seven months older than he, was the first love of Churchill's life. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z His rectitude and dedication to duty were legendary, prompting Churchill to label him “the noblest Roman of them all.” A Marshall Plan for China? It Existed, but Even Marshall Couldn’t Pull It Off 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The actor played Churchill in the 2017 movie of the same name. With ‘Succession’ shut down, Brian Cox takes on other roles 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Over his lifetime, Churchill painted more than 500 works, mostly while on holiday or at home in London or in the countryside. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The 1,152 pages by Andrew Roberts that bring Churchill to life? Individual Consciousness, Lengthy Biographies and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He is drawing upon everything from the diary of Mary Churchill, daughter of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, to intelligence reports and other materials only recently declassified. Erik Larson’s next book centers on Nazi blitz of London 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z When the Liberal Party disintegrated after the rise of Labour, Churchill conveniently “re-ratted” back to the Conservatives, where Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin put him unhappily in charge of the nation’s finances. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But despite the breadth of his literary interests, Douglas J Hall, from the Churchill War Rooms in London, is adamant that Churchill "was truly a poet at heart". Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Winston Churchill once said that Americans always do the right thing “when they have exhausted all other possibilities.” Penn State must drop football 2012-07-12T21:19:00Z Stelzer writes that Churchill believed there were few political problems that couldn’t be fixed in private company while breaking bread. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z In Churchill, a subarctic region on the Hudson Bay, watch for polar bears or beluga whales, depending on the season. Three train trips to celebrate Canada’s Confederation 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z During the war, Churchill organized several lavish social gatherings at Chequers, the country estate of the prime minister, and at No. 10 Downing street, the official residence in London. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z An ideal day, Churchill wrote, would include "the laying of hundreds of bricks". Radio review: Churchill's Other Lives 2011-03-15T08:00:01Z When Churchill finally got back in, in 1951, the group captain who lived at the Grange stuck a union flag pennant on the bonnet of his car and drove through the village honking his horn. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Just how many works he created is something of an approximation, Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives Center, said. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z It was during his time in Bangalore that, as far as we know, Churchill first confided his ultimate political aspirations, to Captain Bingham of the Royal Artillery. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Its hallways, map rooms and bedroom nooks are so eerily preserved and smartly presented, even people who aren’t Churchill enthusiasts or World War II obsessives will enjoy themselves. A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Penhaligon’s Bluebell, a fragrance once favored by Princess Diana, is a best-seller, as is the Blenheim Bouquet, a bracing citrus concoction inspired by Winston Churchill. British Cosmetic Brands Expand to American Shelves - Skin Deep 2012-03-19T19:06:43Z It was as if Winston Churchill had told everyone to drink beer to help the war effort. Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z As for the climactic race at Churchill Downs, in which Mine That Bird miraculously trumps his 50-to-1 odds to place first, the movie finally whips up some energy — but no surprise or tension. '50 to 1' can't overcome its long odds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z A night of sensual play, manipulation, machinations and tragedy courtesy of two fiery playwrights like Berkoff and Churchill should never leave a room as cool as it does here. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Ionesco, of course, did not lead down an alley so much as open up new artistic vistas explored by writers like Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and Edward Albee. Theater Review: Ionesco?s ?Bald Soprano? at City Center - Review 2011-09-27T21:06:39Z Churchill was seen as an irresponsible outsider and a warmonger. Letters: Cinematic myths and historical facts 2011-02-05T00:05:50Z Candice Millard is the author, most recently, of “Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill.” Who Were the Original Siamese Twins? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z After the Battle of Britain was won and, first, the Russians and, then, the Americans came into the war, Churchill knew that “time and patience will give certain victory.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Joe Wright’s film looks at Winston Churchill’s early days as British prime minister. The 10 best lines from movies in 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z When the hour of decision came on May 28, it was Chamberlain’s willingness to bet on Churchill’s unflinching approach rather than on Halifax’s attempt at negotiation that made the difference. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z According to Churchill Downs' Darren Rogers, a moment of silence preceded the performance to "recognize the inequities that many in our nation still face," and encourage "renewed hope." Is Stephen Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home" pro-slavery or anti-slavery? 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z And yet, Hastings writes, Churchill's "genius for war was flawed by an enthusiasm for dashes, raids, skirmishes, diversions and sallies." 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z Winston Churchill is mentioned as a chap one knows. ‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Churchill Downs feels more like the Circus Maximus than a normal racecourse. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The nature of their relationship can't be known for sure, but it is generally accepted that Anne and Churchill's bond went beyond friendship, thanks mainly to the latter's kiss-and-tell memoir. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z An imposingly big man who’s often called on to suggest authority, Mr. Gleeson has played cops, criminals and Winston Churchill, and had the recurring role of Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter series. ‘Calvary,’ John Michael McDonagh’s Murder Mystery 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Having failed in his attempts to obtain a more exciting posting, Churchill sailed for India on 11 September 1896. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Churchill will now be played by Edward Fox. Robert Hardy pulls out of Gielgud theatre's production of The Audience 2013-02-26T16:36:16Z Eleanor Roosevelt finally convinced her husband that Blair House was a good idea after Winston Churchill reportedly headed to the couple’s bedroom for a 3 a.m. chat. For 40 years, presidents have spent Inauguration Eve at Blair House. Will Trump? 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z This was a reason Churchill urged the United States to claim European territory in the late days of the war, to prevent Stalin from gaining too much control. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z I reckon it sounds like fun and, who knows – maybe there will even be a surprise Churchill play. In theatre, it's about the surprise 2013-06-05T12:32:02Z Written by Myla Churchill and closing this weekend, it highlights Armstrong’s civil rights activism at the time of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 16-22 2012-11-15T23:10:06Z In that regard, she put herself in the company of Napoleon Bonaparte, who said only “a fool” needed eight hours of sleep, and Winston Churchill, who was frequently a four-hour-a-night man himself. Is sleep the new sex? 2013-04-10T21:45:00Z In fact, in his other work, Toye demonstrates that, even dead, Churchill continues to shape our political landscape. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z One stash of correspondence was unearthed at the New York Public Library, filed under the American novelist also named Winston Churchill. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “Where was the Churchill of 1931,” he laments, “who had denounced Stalin’s ‘morning’s budget of death warrants’?” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z In his lifetime, Churchill wrote more than 5,000 speeches and 43 book-length works, not to mention steered a political career and a family. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The first year that documentaries got their own award, the prize went to a bit of propaganda — “Churchill’s Island,” which celebrated the British victories so far during the war. From assassinations to 9/11: How the Oscars respond to political turmoil 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Even as a young writer, he remembers, Churchill was unusual in not seeking payment or contracts in advance. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z As if in response, the adjacent display contains a typewritten manuscript for a 1946 speech by Churchill. A World War II Exhibition at the Grolier Club 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Churchill was at the dispatch box when I was born. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z During especially trying times, political and personal, painting was how Churchill staved off what he called "the black dog" of depression. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The store’s obvious best sellers may have been about Churchill, the Civil War and Napoleon. Review: ‘Martial Bliss,’ a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “Churchill made terrible mistakes as well as achieving great triumphs, but central to it all was a sense of doubt, and doubt is an important and vital factor of leadership, and democracy itself.” Winston Churchill of Darkest Hour a rebuke to Trump, says film's director 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Nearly two centuries later, another famous Churchill, named Winston, was born at Blenheim. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Even in writing the life of the top-down Churchill, he sought out the prime minister’s former secretaries, chauffeurs and other employees to lend the narrative a populist perspective. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z When Randolph Churchill died six years later, only the first two volumes, which took his father up to the age of 40, had been published. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z That, broadly, is the subject of “The Churchill Myths.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Churchill never stepped foot into a shop, he went on the tube only once, disastrously, and he maintained an idea that most working people lived in cottages. Radio review: Churchill's Other Lives 2011-03-15T08:00:01Z The network also offered unexpectedly fresh takes on the second world war and the abdication – two history-doc standbys – in The Churchills and Edward VIII: The Plot To Topple A King. Mark Lawson's TV review of the year 2012 2012-12-28T10:00:00Z After a bit of back-and-forth, he invited me to join him at a remote research camp outside Churchill to see what was going on with polar bears. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Although he was by trade a statesman, Churchill seamlessly blended his professional life with his personal interests as a gourmand who delighted in multicourse meals that ended in the early morning with a Cuban cigar. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z While Churchill did express serious reservations about the operation in the weeks before it occurred, he was largely reconciled to the plan by the time it happened. Review: Churchill Battling a War, and Himself 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z In a 2006 production of the play “Allegiance” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he played Winston Churchill. Mel Smith, TV Actor, Director and Producer, Dies at 60 2013-07-25T02:38:20Z But once the news media democratized and television became widely available, Churchill lost the ability to control the narrative and therefore to remain in power. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z His dad was an orthodontist, his mom a freelance writer, and he lived in a big brick house where he used to throw basement parties for his classmates at Winston Churchill High School. The real Potomac is nothing like ‘Real Housewives’ — except for the money 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z As her subtitle suggests, Ms. Millard similarly believes that the conflict in the Boer Republics profoundly influenced Churchill. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Can you imagine Churchill and Roosevelt undergoing a mutual case of “Wow!” after shaking hands with George Formby? Elvis and Nixon, Reagan and Jacko, Jagger and Blair … when pop stars and politicians collide 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z And his last screen appearance, other than a role in a film short, was as the star of “Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain,” a 2015 British television movie. Robert Hardy, British Actor Who Played Churchill Often, Dies at 91 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Churchill replaced this with the more dignified: "At long last I am able to say a few words of my own." The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z Mr. Gilbert said that at no time did the Churchill family ask to approve his writing. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z There are power bags, like Margaret Thatcher’s structured Asprey and Winston Churchill’s red dispatch box for papers of state. The Once and Future Handbag 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Imperialism and courage are on display as Churchill fights the Boer War in Millard’s readable, enjoyable book. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Churchill had an almost instinctive sense of big questions. 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z "Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely," Churchill wrote in his essay "Painting as a Pastime," published in the Strand Magazine in the early 1920s. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “The portrait,” he growls, “is a remarkable example of modern art”— a term that everyone knew was a curse word in Churchill parlance. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z This band of thieves is fascinating — enough to carry a whole play — and the perfect example of Churchill characters, who are often eccentric and inhabit unpredictable worlds. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Churchill was enamored of that role and was unwilling, indeed unable, to countenance its end. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z If Lord Halifax had deprived Churchill of the job in 1940? What if John Smith had lived? 2011-04-07T20:00:15Z The first prime minister she knew was Winston Churchill. "Never offer the Queen an ultimatum": Why it's good to be Queen, but no one else in the royal family 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. McDonagh and Ms. Churchill both know very well that the best way to a theatergoer’s mind is through the nervous system. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The gambler Winston Churchill took chances in 1940, albeit rational ones backed by educated guesses that, for all Hitler’s bluster, the Third Reich had neither the air nor sea power to destroy the Anglosphere. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill is reported to have inquired as to its fate. Casanova unveiled: new edition of his book reveals the man who loved liberty as much as women 2013-03-30T13:04:25Z Restored by the relief that painting provided him, Churchill soon took leadership of the British navy and rode the Queen Mary into the Atlantic. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The following year, he photographed a somewhat bored and melancholy young Winston Churchill. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z She described the politically active modern playwrights who fit into the second category, among them Tom Stoppard and Caryl Churchill, as “contemporary Shavians.” Kushner’s ‘The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide’ Finds a Niche at the Shaw Festival 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Churchill explains the history well but bogs down when she backtracks to Armstrong’s controversial blackface performance as king of the Zulus in the 1949 New Orleans Mardi Gras. Theater Review: ‘Louis Armstrong,’ From Making Books Sing 2012-11-07T21:30:50Z The play reminds of both Beckett and Caryl Churchill, but without the former's emotional power and the latter's playfulness. Kaspar - review 2011-01-21T18:12:19Z Its tone is defiant and triumphant, using quotations from Churchill and Pericles to justify the bombings. Bomber Command memorial – review 2012-06-23T23:05:21Z The authors, all of them historians at English universities, argue that Britain is pathologically in thrall to a misguided and inaccurate notion of Winston Churchill’s legacy. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z In the 1930s Churchill's basic salary as an MP was £360 a year, considerably less than his wine bill. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z They were very different personalities: Churchill was overly blunt and unnecessarily cruel in how she treated the shy and fragile queen. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The Winston Churchill biography, a U.K. bestseller that is also selling well stateside, is Johnson’s ninth book. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future As America’s supplicant, Churchill contrived the special relationship, a sentimentalized international bond based not in shifting national interests but on permanently shared values. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Three of them, he discovered, were by Churchill, written in the space of four weeks. Gary Oldman and Joe Wright on Winston Churchill — as an icon and a man 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Billboard: There are many straightforward rock songs on "Churchill." Childhood memories inspire new songs for Frampton 2010-03-19T21:20:00Z But for now, Churchill had the victory he craved. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z At the Royal Court, Ms. Churchill’s language lingers in the air. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z In retrospect, it seems entirely natural that Churchill should write about the English-speaking peoples. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z Since breaking new ground in the late 1970s with "Cloud Nine," now a contemporary classic of sexual politics, Churchill has been shrewdly distilling the societal forces shaping and warping our lives. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Churchill was attentive to the long line of historical ideas. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z “What’s important is not the numbers of people coming through your doors, it’s the number of people accessing your collections,” said Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Centre. Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z The British had a newly formed Special Operations Executive, famously tasked by Winston Churchill himself with “setting Europe ablaze.” John le Carré’s ‘A Legacy of Spies’: An Excerpt 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill once said that "the short words are the best and the old words best of all." New words to live by 2011-09-06T15:45:04Z A book by Fox News pundit Nick Adams that compares Trump to Winston Churchill has also received presidential praise on Twitter. ‘Great new book!’: President Trump and his many, many tweets about his favorite authors 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z We learn, for instance, that Churchill was a “celebrated British statesman.” Review | Attention, Tom Hanks: Dan Brown’s new novel, ‘Origin,’ is ready for you 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z She flashes her earrings and is gratified by the crowd's roar of approval, then realises Winston Churchill has appeared and made his characteristic V-sign. Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw – review 2013-06-12T15:00:00Z The love affair would continue for several years at a desultory pace dictated by the demands of Churchill's main aim: to win the fame and fortune he felt he needed to launch his political career. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The paper says Winston Churchill, the Marx Brothers and Ethel Barrymore attended parties there in the 1920s and 1930s. NY mansion linked to 'Great Gatsby' being razed 2011-04-18T10:42:08Z It depicts the weekly meetings between the Queen and 12 prime ministers from Churchill to David Cameron. Hardy to reprise Churchill role 2012-11-02T12:21:25Z Gary Oldman also won best actor at both ceremonies, for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” while Frances McDormand won best actress at both for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” ‘The Favourite’ Dominates Bafta Nominations 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But “Churchill” too often fails to stir any emotion. Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z These normally silent rooms are alive with whispers or song, or the quarrelling voices of Queen Anne and Lady Sarah Churchill as politics destroy a childhood friendship. Enchanted Palace 2010-04-13T21:05:00Z Its airwaves have carried the clanging of Big Ben's bells, wartime messages from Winston Churchill, and the music of the Beatles - exporting British culture to a global audience. BBC under pressure to restore trust after scandal 2012-11-11T20:32:10Z Verdict This film is overwhelmed by trying to portray even just the first quarter of Winston Churchill's eventful life. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z Then, two years ago, Larson was with his publisher, planning the release of his book about Winston Churchill, “The Splendid and the Vile.” Erik Larson Has a Scary Story He’d Like You to Hear 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “If it weren’t for painting, I couldn’t live,” Churchill once told his friend, John Rothenstein, who was then director of the Tate Gallery. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z These 100 horses listed below were drawn from a list of this year’s 360 Triple Crown nominees published by Churchill Downs; “breed” any two and name the foal for Week 1274, above. Style Invitational Week 1274: Heading for a foal—our horse name contest 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Churchill is heard from, in a fashion, but never seen. Review: ‘Dunkirk’ Is a Tour de Force War Movie, Both Sweeping and Intimate 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z There’s a fascinating lineup of authors banned by the Nazis: Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, H. G. Wells and — no surprise here — Jews and Winston Churchill. 'When Books Went to War’ by Molly Guptill Manning 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z A key work depicts a beheaded Stalin relieving himself in the top hat of Winston Churchill. Exhibit shows Romanian artists resisted regime 2012-09-28T11:20:16Z “I felt as if I were walking with destiny,” Churchill wrote of that moment in May 1940 when he achieved the highest office. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls” engineered a meeting between female historical figures. Theater to Stream: Shakespeare Villains and Hot-Tub Dreams 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “World Book Encyclopedia” had a children’s supplement with stories of heroes like young Winston Churchill in captivity in South Africa, or young Louis Armstrong in reform school in New Orleans. Steve Inskeep Is Drawn to Books With Nuanced Female Characters 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z On his first full day in the White House, Donald Trump returned a now infamous bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Churchill once remarked that as the relationships in "Cloud 9" become more painful, the play gets funnier. 'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Churchill drank lots of whiskey and smoked enormous big cigars, and he lived to be 90 or so. This Maestro Is Turning 90. He’s Also Conducting Over 90 Concerts This Year. 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The same telephone buyer bought two other Churchill paintings in the sale, including the landscape “Scene at Marrakech,” dating from about 1935, for $2.6 million. Churchill Work Owned by Angelina Jolie Brings $11.5 Million at Christie’s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z De Gaulle in London offers walking tours in English and French that follow the footsteps of Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill and other figures of World War II. The Legacy De Gaulle Left in London 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The Churchill War Rooms were not used during the Cold War, but shouldn’t be missed by anyone interested in British bunkers. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z DeFord captured an experience that Churchill Downs has distilled for millions and is reluctant to give up. The corrupt nostalgia of “My Old Kentucky Home” 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The RAF's attack on German cities began unintentionally, because after Dunkirk Churchill had no other weapon, because bombers could not hit targets with precision and because the public demanded retaliation for the blitz. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z Of Churchill's favorite, Gen. Harold Alexander, the Allied commander in Italy, Hastings writes: "He seldom pressed a point, because he rarely had one to make." 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z In Valentina’s family the tradition is to be in the center of the piazza, in the scrum — the equivalent of standing in the infield meadow at Churchill Downs. The Palio di Siena: A Survivor’s Tale 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z And, at least in Churchill, polar bears had been living through ice-free summers for as long as anybody could remember. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z Winston Churchill advised against it, but the Princess was keen. The new Elizabethan age: the arts, architecture, fashion and technology 2012-05-30T19:00:12Z Winston Churchill had that ability, as a recent book, “The Art of Being Winston Churchill,” makes clear. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at Paul Ryan’s Fashion Sense 2012-08-15T19:47:31Z A new spirit infuses a once-neglected Louisville neighborhood about five miles from Churchill Downs, home to the annual Kentucky Derby, this year on May 5. Five Places to Go in Louisville 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z He records Churchill: "Socialism is the philosophy of failure," and the kind of uncredited quip you might hear at a celebrity roast: "Some people are so indecisive their favorite color is plaid." Reagan's favorite quotes, jokes coming in May 2011-02-09T22:56:49Z This account examines the historians and artists who have shaped our current understanding of the world, covering chroniclers from Thucydides and Voltaire to Winston Churchill and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Newly Published, From a Nixon Insider to Margaret Atwood 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The next few years saw what Clarke calls "a struggle on two fronts" as Churchill the author tried to complete both projects, while becoming obsessed as a politician by the menace of Nazi Germany. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z She has worked with 14, including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. The British royal family is struggling through scandals. Can ‘The Crown’ help? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It stands in stark contrast to the Churchill War Rooms in central London, one of the slickest and well-attended tourist attractions in England. Across Britain, Silent Relics of the Cold War 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive The film moves on, following Churchill as a young adult to Sudan and thereafter the Boer war. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z After Pearl Harbor, the authors explain, Hitler took it upon himself to declare war on America, a decision that, Winston Churchill understood, fatally doomed his plans. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Johnson was in New York and Washington last week to promote his new book, “The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future That's actually a question that Winston Churchill of all people introduced decades and decades ago. Forget local & slow, a hotter more crowded world means technology will have giant role in your food 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z As Winston Churchill said, recalling his early wartime adventures, “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” ‘Swerve’: Well-honed howls of horror 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z It begins like a fairytale, but things turn to nightmare in Caryl Churchill's shocking play set in a world eternally at war. Sherlock Holmes, The History Boys, Race: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-18T05:00:15Z What do you want people to remember about Churchill from reading this book? The Last Lion Author Paul Reid on How He Came to Write Churchill’s Biography—and His Eight-Year Struggle to Complete It 2013-01-03T16:00:43Z Perhaps she hoped to forever erase what she saw as Sutherland’s unflattering farewell to all of Churchill’s greatness. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The boys enjoyed visiting Churchill Downs, which hosts the Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the world. The Summer of KidsPost takes a journey down South 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Like all of us, Riley says, Churchill had good days and bad days, "but some of his best paintings could hang in a gallery beside Impressionists and Post-Impressionists without trouble." Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Reach for the Skies, released last week, features samples of two of Churchill's most famous speeches, set to music by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Winston Churchill scores chart victory 2010-10-04T09:40:00Z In a wider survey in November, a YouGov/Sunday Times poll of 1,700 adults found Thatcher to be the greatest British leader since 1945, ahead even of wartime leader Winston Churchill. Iron Lady or monster? Thatcher film stirs UK passions 2012-01-05T16:50:30Z Gary Oldman’s performance as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour” landed him a best actor nod. 2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Competing against Day-Lewis will be Gary Oldman, who has also been nominated for best actor for portraying Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”. Time to explore world after acting, triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis says 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Hitchens specifically took issue with the “bizarre rewriting” of the character of Winston Churchill; also causing much online buzz were several writers claiming that the film whitewashed George VI’s Nazi-sympathizing past. Who cares if ‘Selma,’ ‘Imitation Game’ bend truth? Not Oscar 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The first part of "Winston's War" is about British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's decisions in France, North Africa and other fronts. 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z OMG The first recorded appearance of this breathless acronym for “Oh, my God!” comes, surprisingly, in a letter to Winston Churchill. O.E.D.’s New Chief Editor Speaks of Its Future 2014-01-21T21:45:05Z The film shows Churchill fighting a political war on two fronts and Oldman very entertainingly and shrewdly shows his balancing act. Three Billboards the film of the moment – but Gerwig and Get Out deserved more 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Gary Oldman won best actor in a drama, for playing Winston Churchill in “the Darkest Hour.” A Golden Globes Draped in Black Warily Addresses #MeToo 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Victorian attitudes still held sway: it was only a few months after the January 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill – a world event and a major marker in British life. Rough Stones 2012-11-05T16:09:28Z English painter Graham Sutherland with his portrait of Winston Churchill, 1955. Lost, Stolen or Shredded by Rick Gekoski – review 2013-05-12T08:00:02Z Writing may have been Churchill's ticket to immortality but, more urgently, it was essential to pay the bills. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z Berlin realized, to his chagrin and embarrassment, that Churchill thought he was talking with Irving Berlin. What’s a Best Book? And What Isn’t? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The plethora of recorded Churchill speeches made the task of capturing his voice harder rather than easier, Oldman said. Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z During World War II Winston Churchill wrote about “English-speaking peoples,” and their distinctive perspective on the world. Exhibition Review: ?Manifold Greatness? and King James Bible at Folger - Review 2011-09-29T22:15:20Z The younger Mr. Churchill summoned Mr. Gilbert for a meeting. Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer With a Populist Bent, Is Dead at 78 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z After all, Ms. Churchill, though several decades the senior of the 45-year-old Mr. McDonagh, is far more of an experimentalist, a writer who bends time and language into exotic and illuminating shapes. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z You feel as if Churchill’s attention, or even his presence, had fluttered right past the easel in order to hover at the far end of the hall. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The persecution of witches also offers insights into misogyny, as Caryl Churchill showed in her 1970s play Vinegar Tom. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z Winston Churchill would stay for weeks at a time. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z In “Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom,” Thomas E. Ricks gets beyond these differences and finds the iron core of both men. What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Kristin Scott Thomas, who plays Churchill’s wife, Clementine, added that as a character, Churchill offers hope and faith in “someone showing up.” 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z When we nominate our greatest Briton, we choose Winston Churchill. The King's Speech lays bare the sheer scale of the republican challenge 2011-01-18T21:00:02Z On hearing of Mrs Churchill's death, Mr Weston shakes his head solemnly while thinking – Austen cannot resist telling us – "that his mourning should be as handsome as possible". Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z The British-born guitarist, who became a U.S. citizen after the 2001 attacks and now lives in Cincinnati with his third wife, Tina, says the proof is in his new album, "Thank You Mr Churchill." Peter Frampton at 60: Do you feel like I feel? 2010-05-11T18:58:00Z He graduated from University of Notre Dame and studied Winston Churchill in graduate school at University of Cambridge. Post reporter Robert Costa takes over helm of PBS’s ‘Washington Week’ 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The pecking order is crystalline, partly because Churchill deploys angry satire by rendering Clive’s daughter, Victoria, the lowest of the low, as a helpless rag doll. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Recently, Mr. Riley drew on the “special relationship” between the United States and United Kingdom, a phrase popularized by Churchill. The Missouri Museum That Churchill Built 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z He argues that we should consider all possible energy sources, the way Winston Churchill considered oil when he spoke to the British Parliament in 1913. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z It's a simple choice between good and evil, not so clear since the great struggle between Churchill and Hitler. Simon Hoggart's week: festival folks flip between jokes and soaks 2011-08-19T20:00:00Z BBL Churchill is one of a new breed of financiers who are capitalizing on the high US divorce rate by lending money to the “non-monied spouse” in order to finance premium representation. For richer or poorer: divorce lenders help you ditch your wealthy spouse – at a cost 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z “One of my favorite lines is where Lord Halifax says Churchill ‘mobilized the English language and sent it into battle’.” Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The friendship continued after the war, with Frank visiting the studio of Theo's father, the sculptor Jacob Epstein, and meeting Winston Churchill several times. Kathleen Walne obituary 2011-08-17T17:50:21Z Believed to be Churchill’s only landscape painted during the war years, the work records the view the two statesmen enjoyed at the Villa Taylor, on the outskirts of the city. Churchill Work Owned by Angelina Jolie Brings $11.5 Million at Christie’s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Ten of Churchill's landscapes and seascapes will be on view in "Passion for Painting: The Art of Winston Churchill Exhibit Aboard the Queen Mary," opening May 27. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Joe, there was an interview with you with a headline that said “Winston Churchill of ‘Darkest Hour’ a rebuke to Trump.” Gary Oldman and Joe Wright on Winston Churchill — as an icon and a man 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill never sat down for a single second in his entire life. Seat of the problem: why does Christopher Nolan hate chairs? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z But it takes a good ear and a sense of humour – more Disraeli or Churchill than Gladstone, Salisbury or Margaret Thatcher. When politicians go pop – the perils of trying to appear 'in touch' 2012-12-18T14:30:01Z This was when she sang, a few years ago, at Churchill Downs, one in a string of unconventional venues she’s played—from a bullfighting ring in Barcelona to a bus trawling the streets of Paris. Dawn Landes, Barefoot at Lincoln Center 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z They adopted names which made them equal in their letters — Anne signed herself as Mrs Morley while Churchill took the name Mrs Freeman — and they expressed their passion unreservedly. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Written by Myla Churchill, it highlights Armstrong’s civil rights activism at the time of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 9-15 2012-11-08T23:27:07Z This week's episode will feature Bill Carstanjen, chief operating officer of horse racing company Churchill Downs, who will walk, wash and feed his organization's thoroughbred horses. Roto-Rooter takes "Undercover Boss" TV challenge 2010-03-12T22:08:00Z Narrated by Timothy Dalton, “Dunkirk” uses archival film footage, eyewitness accounts and dramatized sequences starring Simon Russell Beale as Churchill and Benedict Cumberbatch as a young lieutenant. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Ozark’ and ‘Descendants 2’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z With his adorable waddle and Winston Churchill looks, the dog won over the judges and the fans— although his selection was a surprise to his handler. A beefy bulldog named Thor hammers the competition to win National Dog Show 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Described as a "miracle of deliverance" at the time by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the 1940 evacuation was considered one of several key events that determined the outcome of World War Two. 'Dunkirk' movie trailer shows desperate World War Two rescue 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z In conclusion, he echoes Churchill’s words on democracy “capitalism is the worst form of economic management, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z So did Andrew Roberts, author of the 2018 biography “Churchill: Walking with Destiny”: Speaking on a Commentary magazine podcast, he noted both Zelenskyy’s personal bravery and his refusal to sugarcoat things. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Had Hitler delayed by a few years, Roberts suggests, Churchill would surely have been away from front-rank politics too long to “make himself the one indispensable figure.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z On the other hand, "Polar Bear Crossing" will transport viewers to Manitoba, Canada, where the human population of the tiny town of Churchill is outnumbered by its not-always-so-neighborly cohabitants: polar bears. Running wild: Animal Planet unveils its new season 2013-04-03T14:12:04Z Horns sing as Churchill intones about the RAF's "finest hour", and a piano chimes as he says "never was so much owed by so many to so few". Winston Churchill scores chart victory 2010-10-04T09:40:00Z One of her most striking claims is that Sun Yat-sen, revered as the father of modern China, "raised my grandfather and granduncle as his own sons" – akin to a Briton being reared by Winston Churchill. Ping Fu controversy over childhood tales of China's cultural revolution 2013-02-13T13:47:38Z What’s more, Churchill made the mistake of continuing to give priority to international affairs after the war, when that was no longer the public preoccupation. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “Well, nowadays, they tell you that cigars are the kiss of death. Churchill didn’t think so.” David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z But Churchill hated the Sutherland portrait with so much irrational passion that it all turned into a tragicomic fiasco. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Grandparents competed with parents: “Don’t listen to thy father telling thee about Churchill,” says one; “I’ll tell thee about Churchill.” Relative values 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Harris takes a sympathetic view of Chamberlain, written off by many historians — including his successor, Winston Churchill — as Hitler’s dupe. The Plot to Kill Hitler 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z With his big-baby’s visage, which suggests Albert Einstein crossed with Winston Churchill, and his aura of contented selfishness, Mr. Margulies has created what may be the best human cartoon character of the year. Theater Review: ‘The Hatmaker’s Wife,’ a Comedy by Lauren Yee 2013-09-06T21:03:59Z The latest book by the Australian writer tells the story of just one of the Black Saturday bushfires, a blaze deliberately lit on the outskirts of Churchill in the Latrobe Valley — coal country. Untangling the Story of a Deadly Blaze and ‘The Arsonist’ Who Lit It 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Art wasn’t the only part-time activity enjoyed by Churchill, who died in 1965. One Way to Pay a Tax Bill: Donate Churchill's Paintings 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill — a politician with a moral core — disparaged this idea for all time: “I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.” Perspective | This week should put the nail in the coffin for ‘both sides’ journalism 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z From 1906 until independence in 1980 these islands were jointly administered by Britain and France as the New Hebrides, so colonial relics remain – Winston Churchill Avenue runs into rue du Général de Gaulle. Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo, where paradise is a leaky canoe without a paddle 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z In the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, George W Bush cited Churchill when making the case for the war on terror. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Its fanciful “lapses into imaginary history” include “If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg,” by none other than Winston Churchill. Review | An expert’s guide to science fiction’s greatest — and neglected — works 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It was more than a hobby: Churchill built many walls and cottages at his home at Chartwell, and he even joined the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. Radio review: Churchill's Other Lives 2011-03-15T08:00:01Z And what about Winston Churchill, then first lord of the Admiralty, who conveniently left Britain for France just days before the sinking? Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The point Johnson seems to be making is that Churchill’s success suggests that it is okay to be Boris — irreverent, maddeningly un-PC and a little undisciplined — and still be an effective leader. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future As a young artist, he had then toured with the Joint Stock Theatre Company working in regional theatres throughout England and presenting plays such as Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine. Danny Boyle accuses culture minister Maria Miller of 'outrageous' snub 2012-11-15T18:52:43Z The script is amply sprinkled with Churchill’s best known laugh lines, such as his riposte when Lady Astor said, “Winston, if you were my husband, I’d put poison in your coffee.” Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z He’s game for risk, playing Eisenhower in “Churchill,” now in postproduction. John Slattery’s turn from adman to ink-stained wretch 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The film trusts too readily in Churchill's hazy, elegiac descriptions – "She shone for me like the Evening Star" – and deprives its audience of the more interesting character Lady Randolph really was. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z Here's a roundup: "The Skriker": A teenage single mom and her disturbed sister tangle with an insidious and vengeful spirit creature in Churchill's surreal, scary 1994 play. New local shows for kids, fantasy fans and cocktail sippers 2012-10-11T20:12:04Z “Churchill seemed far less Victorian than Rooseveltian,” she writes. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z She careens through Nazi Germany, which changed the names of streets called “Jew,” and Tehran, where Winston Churchill Street was rechristened, to the British Embassy’s dismay, for the Irish revolutionary Bobby Sands. What Street Names Say About Us 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Churchill particularly, writes Hastings, "could not afford not to revere, love and cherish" Roosevelt, at least publicly. 'Winston's War': A different take on Winston Churchill 2010-04-28T23:49:00Z In fact, Sarah Churchill is featured in my recent book, “Silent Partners: Women as Public Investors during England’s Financial Revolution, 1680-1750.” The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z In January 1896 Churchill returned from Cuba to rejoin his regiment, with whom it was intended he would leave later that year for an eight-year posting in India. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He became a lecturer at Emmanuel College after spending a year at the University of Bristol on a Churchill Fellowship. Geoffrey Hill, Dense and Allusive British Poet, Is Dead at 84 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Luckily for us, the 16th season of Bravo's venerable cooking competition is available to stream right now, and kicks off with a Derby-themed challenge at Churchill Downs. Do you miss sports? It's always game day somewhere streaming on your TV 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Another new book, “Winston Churchill Reporting”, by Simon Read, an American journalist, looks at one of the ways Churchill eventually paid some of them: writing. Mr high-roller 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Blenheim, traditionally the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, is one of England's grandest palaces and was the birthplace of wartime leader Winston Churchill. Dior returns to Blenheim Palace for Cruise show 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z But Ms. Churchill’s play is far less polemical and arch than I remembered. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Churchill’s chilling play stood out as a beacon but also as a warning about the way next waves become last waves. A Cutting-Edge Impresario Leaves BAM: What Was His Best Work? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s a lot to think about, but Churchill sets the stage clearly with a rhyming prologue. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z And he finds himself rubbing shoulders with the wealthiest people in the United States and with the Queen of England and Winston Churchill. Sarah Colt on Why 2021 Is the Right Time for a Film About Billy Graham 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In warning of an “iron curtain,” Churchill essentially resubmitted his plan for a Pax Anglo-Americana. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s inspiring to be here in the home of the two Churchills who saved Britain, first from the French, then nearly 250 years later, from the Germans. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z By the time of Anne's accession in 1702, she and Churchill had been together for 29 years. 11 of the most influential royal lovers in British history 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It is grudgingly conceded that Churchill supported Edward VIII. The King's Speech on stage ? review 2012-02-10T23:00:36Z Americans are generally unburdened by the multiple critiques of Churchill that have arisen in the UK in recent years, Roberts argued. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Churchill's turning over in his grave right now. Aaron Eckhart: 'You're giving me a heart attack' 2013-04-11T17:34:07Z After a long career in politics, Churchill was thrust into the prime minister’s role following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in 1940. 'Darkest Hour' offers a timely study into Churchill's leadership 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Churchill had to prove that the British could successfully engage the Germans in north Africa to enlist America in the goal of preserving British power in the Middle East. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z In my book, I argue that while the Churchills may have been venal and dishonest, much of their money came from Sarah’s astute and underappreciated investing in the stock market. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z In his book, My Dear Mr Churchill, Walter Graebner, tells how the prime minister made up an "impromptu piece of doggerel" concerning Graebner's drinking habits after dinner one evening at Chartwell. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Writer Mark Gatiss presents them decked out in their British army greens as they help the Doctor's pal Winston Churchill exterminate to victory. Doctor Who 2010-04-17T05:45:00Z Everyone from Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and George Bernard Shaw to Gandhi, to name just a few, enjoyed the lavish parties she held in the house and gardens. Cultured Traveler : Echoes of ‘Downton Abbey’ on Vacation in England 2014-04-15T20:58:55Z Churchill had expected a portrait that displayed his triumph as the savior of England, perhaps standing resplendent in his Garter robes, the rocklike bulldog who defeated the “Nazzis,” as he liked to pronounce it. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In 1944, Chanel embarked on a mission to deliver a message to her friend Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, that said some high-ranking German officers wanted to end hostilities with Britain. Books Of Style: Three Books About Coco Chanel 2011-12-02T20:51:43Z He spoke about the need to support Mr Churchill in the struggle that lay ahead. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z It will be a pity if his Churchill comes to be seen as his late-career pinnacle when he has done so much else that is so much better. Gary Oldman: will Churchill prove to be his finest hour? | The Observer profile 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z I’m currently reading Thomas Ricks’s “Churchill and Orwell. Graham Greene’s memoir, “Ways of Escape,” is a book I’ve read many times but keep coming back to. Anthony Bourdain: By the Book 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z I want mature complexity, which is to say I want to see anything by Caryl Churchill. Hard Truths or Easy Targets? Confronting the Summer of Trump Onstage 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z It began as an Allied endeavor and, according to the historian Toby Haggith, the director of the restoration, was meant to include concluding statements from President Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Revisiting Concentration Camp Atrocities in Shattering Clarity 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The home of the Duke of Marlborough, it was famously the birth place of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in 1874. Ai Weiwei creates Blenheim art show 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z “Of all the towering figures of the twentieth century, both good and evil, Winston Churchill was the most valuable to humanity, and the most likable,” he wrote in a 2009 biography. Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z This syrupy life of Winston Churchill’s effervescent mother, Jennie, exults in its limitations. History Lives in Fiction: From Jennie Churchill’s Britain to Jacksonian Cincinnati 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Churchill presents a cross section of contemporary humanity, able to retrieve the most obscure intelligence at a click but benighted about what to do with this burdensome and rather alienating trove. A big 'like' for Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information' 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z While most other Churchill books examine his mind, Stelzer’s focus is on his stomach. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z The author of “The Devil in the White City” chronicles Churchill’s turbulent first year as prime minister, as he buoyed the spirits of Londoners amid the Blitz. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Anyone who has read the ancient Greek tragedians Samuel Beckett or Caryl Churchill knows what can be achieved in an unbroken act of inexorable drama. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z On the stump, Winston Churchill had failed to convince when he attempted to link socialism and "the gestapo". The Spirit of '45: where did it go? 2013-03-02T16:00:02Z The American author was born in St Louis in 1871 – and had a correspondence with the other Winston Churchill over how to avoid confusion. The novelty value of Publishers Weekly's novel list 2013-02-26T15:00:00Z It’s a record that features a snaky blues with quotes from Winston Churchill. How the Kinks turned a British history lesson into a rock masterpiece that still resonates 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Churchill popularized these so-called “siren suits” — one-piece zip-up garments — as practical bomb shelter attire. For History-Minded Tourists, London Marks Blitz Anniversary 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Churchill was known for his prolific writings, eloquent speeches and political leadership. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z No one need fear a rush of domesticity: what is striking about the female tradition at the Court – from Caryl Churchill to Lucy Prebble – is its sharp-eyed financial analysis. British arts and theatre: women's time in the spotlight has arrived 2013-03-24T00:06:13Z It was Churchill, in the wake of the war, who saw what was on the horizon. Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill: The Power of Words,’ at the Morgan Library 2012-06-08T22:20:58Z But these productions from Potomac, which specializes in the works of Ms. Churchill and Mr. Barker, allow New Yorkers a rare chance to encounter seldom-seen plays from two of Britain’s most inventive dramatists. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Oldman: One of the themes of the film was to show Churchill as a writer. Gary Oldman and Joe Wright on Winston Churchill — as an icon and a man 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z And Churchill’s overlapping dialogue could be smoothed out in some of the production’s choppier moments. Review: In ‘Sex, Grift and Death,’ One-Acts That Test Perceptions 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The British Bulldog's gruff exterior may have played great on the world stage, but in the privacy of pen and paper, Winston Churchill proved himself a loving, sentimental husband to wife Clementine. The sappy, poignant, and risqué love letters of 7 world leaders 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill wrote a fanciful essay in 1930 entitled “If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg.” ‘Confederate’ Poses Test Over Race for ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators and HBO 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Keaton, who bears a resemblance to a trimmer Churchill, has opted for breadth rather than depth in recounting an anecdote-rich life. Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Morgenthau’s idea of a statesman who was not misled by idealism, who kept his eye on the realities of power, was Chamberlain’s successor, Winston Churchill. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Another bust of Churchill is on display in the president's private residence, the White House says. FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts 2012-08-28T12:22:16Z While Anthony Montague Browne, Churchill's Private Secretary from 1952 to 1965, describes in his book, Long Sunset, how Churchill used to break into spontaneous, lighthearted verse of his own invention when at work. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Churchill laid in state for three days, while the queen laid in state for four, during which time thousands of people waited hours — sometimes, days — for the chance to pay their respects. 7 details you may have missed from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But when the actor's solution involved mimicking Churchill's own speech – "She has a slight soft-r sound" – she agreed at once. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z “Churchill did not maintain a catalog as he was going along and there is a possibility that there could be more paintings,” he said. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z A special treat will soon await World War II history buffs outside the front entrance to the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms in London. Memories of World War II on Display in London 2010-08-09T10:05:00Z A biography in two acts, “Churchill” is lecture as entertainment. Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z I kept thinking of British playwright Caryl Churchill as an instructive example of a writer not afraid to ruthlessly distill her adventurous visions. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This is why Churchill eventually had him removed from Europe and given the sinecure of a colonial governorship in the Bahamas, where he could be well-supervised. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z Before Churchill got his hands on it, David allegedly wanted to open with: "I now wish to tell you how I was jockeyed off the throne." The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z He subsequently told Theresa May: “It’s a great honor to have Winston Churchill back.” Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The paean to Britain's might, however, does not scale the heights of the literary efforts that marked Churchill's later life – including his Nobel Prize-winning History of the English Speaking Peoples. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z You half expect costumed docents to guide you through, illuminating life chez Churchill. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia According to the International Churchill Society, this journalism netted the politician the “handsome” sum of £1,000, or about $66,700 in today’s money, “considerably more than his paintings would earn him in his lifetime.” Churchill Work Owned by Angelina Jolie Brings $11.5 Million at Christie’s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Wavell and the flamboyant, irascible Churchill never got on, and Wavell was dismissed on 21 June 1941. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z As Winston Churchill, one of the last century’s most powerful writers, wryly observed, “This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.” Why Weird Al's 'Word Crimes' Is English for Dummies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill's Our Modern Watchwords was discovered by a retired manuscript dealer around 115 years after it was written. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Though Churchill does drop hints about his relationship with his parents in the book, the film has been obliged to flesh these out. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z “Lady Clementine” is the story of the ambitious and influential wife of Winston Churchill. Review | Where did Agatha Christie go when she disappeared in 1926? Here’s one theory. 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The cynical eye might alight on “Darkest Hour,” Joe Wright’s depiction of Winston Churchill’s first days as wartime prime minister. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Even without Lithgow’s Churchill, The Crown looks set to ruffle feathers across this sceptred isle. John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Dimbleby stresses Churchill's attempts to get his own way with his generals and the Americans. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z Calamity, Ms. Churchill demonstrates, is not what happens later but what has always been happening, just subliminally enough to make it commonplace. The Best Theater of 2017 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Break out the mint juleps and funny hats — and the horses — it's time for the "141st Kentucky Derby" from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. 1 p.m. TV This Week April 26 - May2: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' on Starz 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Clark took this idea to Winston Churchill, who scribbled in red ink on the memorandum, “Bury them in the Bowels of the Earth, but not a picture shall leave this Island.” ‘Kenneth Clark’ Paints a Portrait of a Cultural Titan 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Churchill goes out of its way to sell every inch of the place, so you don’t have a good view of the whole track. Q&A: The Kentucky Derby as a ‘Rite of Passage’ 2014-04-08T19:50:26Z Ms. Churchill, though, had the genius to specify that, contrary to what calendars might say, only 25 years pass between the two acts. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z And there were plenty of them — from Hollywood royalty such as Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra to political dignitaries including the Shah of Iran and Winston Churchill. | A New Book Looks Back at Miami Beach’s Legendary, Soon-to-Be-Revived Surf Club 2014-01-28T23:17:40Z Johnson quotes Churchill’s critics as saying that he had an “inappropriate degree of levity” and “lacks the vital note of sincerity for which the country listens.” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future Political figures from Winston Churchill through Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron feature in the production, which sees Dame Helen transform herself from a 20-something inexperienced monarch to steely figurehead. Dame Helen to play Queen on Broadway 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A look at how Winston Churchill led Britain through World War II that explores his political gamesmanship and his family dynamics. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Churchill's comedy is distinctly of an era, but the keen intelligence and playwriting boldness have preserved the work's freshness for 21st century theatergoers still bouncing between oppression and liberation. 'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z "This was no cheap politician's trick, Churchill was an admirer of Lauder's." Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Churchill’s white-tie evening suit is complete with breeches banded with the gold insignia of the Order of the Garter, together with all his military medals and sashes. Jewels from ‘The Crown’: A costume exhibition at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Nancy, you seem like a nice man, who like many comics maybe suffers from what Winston Churchill called the “black dog.” What would a theater critic write to the creator of 'Letters From a Nut'? Well, let's start with ... 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In charting unending states of change, Ms. Churchill manages to touch on innumerable permutations of sexual identity, while suggesting that its boundaries are endlessly permeable. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Their friends and colleagues included Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, Agatha Christie and Gertrude Bell, a British explorer, writer and diplomat who founded the national museum in Iraq. Digital Troves, Providing Insights and Reuniting Antiquities 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Churchill wasn't big on romance, so perhaps his enthusiasm for the film was sparked by its not-very-subtle repurposing of Britain's fight against Napoleon to reflect Britain's fight against Hitler for a wartime audience. That Hamilton Woman: a tale of two halves (for better or for worse) 2011-01-06T09:07:00Z It’s May 1940, just weeks after Churchill assumes office, and Hitler is waging a brutal war on western Europe. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Disenchantment’ and ‘Darkest Hour’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Many years ago, Isaiah Berlin told me and my father, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., that he once received an invitation for lunch with Churchill. What’s a Best Book? And What Isn’t? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z On a visit there in 1971, Trevor Churchill, then the European label manager for Rolling Stones Records, noticed a pile of tapes lurking in the corner of the room. The Rolling Stones at Villa Nellc?te 2010-05-14T23:36:00Z Abraham Lincoln understood this, channeling his love for theater while refining his own declamatory style; Winston Churchill’s greatest creation might have been the beloved and respected World War II leader known as Winston Churchill. Perspective | Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z "I thought, 'I can't sing along to THAT,'" says Churchill, 31. Is violent Rihanna-Eminem song a teaching tool? 2010-08-06T22:28:00Z It turns out that while this work has the intellectual vigor we expect of Ms. Churchill, it may also be her most sentimental play. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z "They represent a side of Churchill that is rarely observed by the public," said Mr Coombs. Churchill paintings offered to nation 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Like Churchill in the early years, she was an admirer of Mussolini. Not a Moment Too Soon: Iris Origo’s War Diary 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The company, BBL Churchill, was willing to make her a $250,000 loan, to pay her legal fees and some of her living expenses. For richer or poorer: divorce lenders help you ditch your wealthy spouse – at a cost 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z As important as Churchill’s stirring and carefully calculated speeches was the audience that received them on both sides of the Atlantic. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The plot of Emma turns on Frank Churchill's "blunder" in mentioning the likelihood of Mr Perry, the local apothecary, "setting up his carriage". Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Forty years later, Winston Churchill's valet was unimpressed to find that the former prime minister was incapable of dressing himself without assistance. Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain by Lucy Lethbridge – review 2013-03-25T08:00:09Z Winston Churchill's plans to give the US a copy of Magna Carta, in return for its support in World War Two, are revealed as part of a new exhibition. Churchill Magna Carta plan revealed 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But it was his portrayals of Churchill, Britain’s crusty and indomitable wartime prime minister, that defined him for many British audiences. Robert Hardy, British Actor Who Played Churchill Often, Dies at 91 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Churchill, who came to the pinnacle on May 10, 1940, was widely regarded as unstable, melodramatic and overly fond of strong drink. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Named for its most famous patron, Le Bar Churchill escaped the hotel’s face-lift largely unscathed, and still drips in supple black leather, leopard skin and polished chrome. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco 2010-12-23T21:08:40Z And the only safe way to do that, Churchill believed, was to fight on. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill used it as a meeting place for the Other Club, a dining society whose members drank port and spent hours “re-enacting battles with the salt and pepper shakers” in a private room. The History of a Palatial Hotel and Its Famous Guests, From Kings and Spies to Presidents and Poets 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In the same way Zelenskyy paraphrased Winston Churchill while making his case before Britain's Parliament, his TV president channels Abraham Lincoln's wisdom and speechcraft. "Servant of the People" is an example of a politician living up to the promise he plays out on TV 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z He takes a swig of vodka before class, and suddenly, the listless teacher of previous scenes turns into an electric raconteur, regaling his students with tales of Winston Churchill’s alcoholism. ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Experience and reflection on painful failures, while less glamorous than a fate written in the stars, turn out to be the key ingredients in Churchill’s ultimate success. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Gary Oldman was nominated for best actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, confirming his status as frontrunner. Oscar nods pour in for The Shape of Water in year coloured by #MeToo 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z A friend of mine, a keen theatregoer, when invited to recent revivals of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine, politely declined, saying: "I saw them when they came out." Can you see the same play too many times? 2012-07-24T13:21:31Z Some guards "had assumed the status of attendants at a holiday camp", and retrieved cricket balls hit over the wire and were obliged to click their heels and say "heil Churchill" before handing over cigarettes. The Barbed-Wire University by Midge Gillies – review 2012-06-12T10:37:18Z He is, of course, replaced by Winston Churchill, whose inspired leadership, along with the brilliance of the Royal Air Force, thwarted Hitler’s dreamed-of invasion of England. Review | The anti-Hitler resistance has one chance to avoid war in Robert Harris’s ‘Munich’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The opportunity not to tell just a traditional top-down story – Winston Churchill in the war room – but the bottom-up story of what it’s like to be on the battlefield or the street.” Ken Burns on America: 'We're a strange and complicated people' 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Mother preferred traveling; rubbing shoulders with celebrity houseguests such as Charlie Chaplin, Winston Churchill and Laurence Olivier; and taking comfort with other men. ‘Daughter of Empire’: life at the top of England’s aristocracy 2013-12-31T23:07:05Z Churchill and Macmillan could enjoy a little more leisure than any PM today because departmental ministers were, in the main, left to get on with their jobs. Diaries, Volume 3 by Alastair Campbell ? review 2011-07-07T09:55:00Z At least in the town of Churchill in northern Canada the tables are turned. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-27T23:05:00Z In a telephone interview, she said she was confident Bloomsbury could use the latest digital techniques to enrich the value of the Churchill archive. Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z In Ms. Millard’s retelling, young Churchill was entitled, precocious, supernaturally confident — one of those fellows whose neon self-regard is downright unseemly until the very moment it is earned. Review: In ‘Hero of the Empire,’ a Young Churchill Earns His Spurs 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z As Winston Churchill never actually said, it's the kind of pedantry "up with which I will not put". Grammar rules everyone should follow 2013-05-09T13:56:00Z While he was vacationing in the English countryside, his sister-in-law, Gwendoline "Goonie" Churchill, a watercolorist, offered him her paintbrush. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Lithgow is fantastic as Churchill and he is in the whole first season - thankfully. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Among modern statesmen, only Winston Churchill wrote more to promote himself. Henry Kissinger and the Puzzle of the Middle East 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Sure enough, it said something like, “To Guy, in agreement with his views, Winston S. Churchill.” The spy who taught me: My sophisticated British diplomat friend harbored a secret double life 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Churchill tips the spectators – not to say the audience – the wink about what they should feel early on: "One by one your prime ministers will fall under your spell." The Audience – review 2013-03-10T00:06:29Z Series three will cover events including the Aberfan disaster, the Moon landing, the deaths of Winston Churchill and the Duke of Windsor, and Prince Charles’s relationship with a young Camilla Shand. Olivia Colman reveals her love for 'ultimate feminist' the Queen 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The dialogue in the music hall turn that concludes “Vinegar Tom” — part of an earnestly playful double bill of one-acts from the Potomac Theater Project — was not written, for the most part, by Ms. Churchill. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But no one cared: Churchill made money, so did his publishers, and he had long since written himself into immortality. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z To plumb Johnson’s interior life, Branagh said that he had read all the former prime minister’s books, including his biography of Winston Churchill, as well as his newspaper columns for The Daily Telegraph. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Who knows what Winston Churchill would have made of that? Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z Convinced that tuning in to Churchill’s soaring speeches was not only a dangerous vice but also a traitorous act, he was determined to crush so-called “radio offenders” at any cost. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill the character has appeared in dozens of films, TV movies and mini-series over the years, and the portraits always hew to the gruff British bulldog conception of this 20th-century leader. Review: Churchill Battling a War, and Himself 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Churchill replied, Johnson says with great dramatic flair, “Yes, but not on all four.” Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future "Churchill spoke and wrote with a rhythm which made it almost poetical, "He arranged his notes for his speeches in a format closely resembling blank verse. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Churchill’s place in history’s purgatory is analogous to that of Jefferson, a flawed human who made the world better. Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z It's a last gasp this weekend for Caryl Churchill's remarkable play Far Away that gets a fine revival by Dominic Hill at the Citizens in Glasgow alongside her little known play, Seagulls. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z “Winston Churchill was my opening act,” she once said. World War II forces sweetheart singer Vera Lynn dies at 103 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z They were staying in an Airbnb about a mile from Churchill Downs, the famed race track where the annual Kentucky Derby is held. No justice, no feast: How hunger strikers are keeping the protest over Breonna Taylor's death alive 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It turns out that treating the great electoral horse race like a day at Churchill Downs provides a pretty good sense of how real voters will decide. Here’s how to legally gamble on the 2016 race 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z But after more than two decades of relative stability under President Yoweri Museveni, the country that Winston Churchill called the “pearl of Africa” is regaining some of its allure for tourists. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Mr. Gilbert confessed to some trepidation when he was confronted with the chance to pick up, as the prime minister’s official biographer, where Randolph Churchill had left off. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Kahn’s casting includes the black actor Joy Jones as Betty’s mother in the first act and as Victoria’s aggressive suitor Lin in the second, an element of race that Churchill hadn’t factored in. Michael Kahn on a dreamy ‘Cloud 9’ at Studio Theatre 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z For Abbye Churchill, 35, an artist and writer who works with food, textiles and plants, the eye eats first. How Six Different Cooks Set Striking Thanksgiving Tables 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The Crown's Lithgow praised his character Winston Churchill's leadership in his supporting actor acceptance speech. Every Political Moment at the 2017 Emmy Awards 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z After much debate between Mr Churchill and the Admiralty, the Channel Islands have been designated indefensible against the advancing German forces. George Craig: Shuttered Windows 2011-07-22T22:02:01Z By dint of swallowing his differences with some senior left and liberal politicians, Churchill had helped build a lobby, with strong grassroots support, against Neville Chamberlain's collusion with European fascism. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z That night, Pope, Lohan and Schrader met at the Churchill, a bar at the Orlando. Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z When he met with the prime minister, Churchill began asking him about his shows. What’s a Best Book? And What Isn’t? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z While most young officers looked forward with keen anticipation to military life in India—polo, pigsticking and a host of servants—Churchill increasingly saw it as a political backwater he must avoid. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z I was horrified to learn that not only did Churchill win in 1953, for his collected speeches, but that he was nominated for the literature prize 21 times. The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Michael Bishop, executive director of the International Churchill Society, has seen Darkest Hour several times and rates it highly. Churchill 'in the year of Trump': Darkest Hour feeds America's love for Winston 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z “Escaped Alone,” a new work by the British playwright Caryl Churchill, will also have its American premiere in a Feb. 15-26 run. BAM Unveils Its Winter/Spring Season 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I didn't agree with some of Nerriere's ideas, but his fundamental insight was, I thought, highly significant, and could be applied to our understanding of what Winston Churchill called the English-speaking world. Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium | Robert McCrum 2010-03-29T12:51:00Z Churchill prefers to discuss form or effects in rehearsal, rather than meaning. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z Churchill tallied the accumulated catastrophes of his first months of leadership: What do George Orwell and Winston Churchill have in common? A new book has the answer 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Churchill had political courage too, not least as one of the few to oppose the appeasement of Hitler. Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z A Winston Churchill Fellowship made possible intensive study with a number of orchestras. After ‘daunting’ auditions, newest Seattle Symphony players make the cut 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, was also a guest, and James had looked forward to meeting him. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z While visiting Churchill's studio he chose The Beach at Walmer because, to him, it represented Churchill: standing guard on the coast while England played. Churchill beach painting is sold 2011-05-26T15:38:55Z It was, in Winston Churchill’s words, Britain’s “finest hour.” A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z I suppose a leftwing family, because my parents didn't like Churchill at all – a warmonger, they said. Jane Gardam 2011-01-10T08:00:00Z The counterclaim said Mr. Early told Rockwell he was as proud of the works as Churchill was of the British air force. Rockwells Long at White House Are Now at the Heart of a Family Dispute 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Occupying the mid-section of the large Sir Winston Churchill Pub complex, it offers a warm ambiance with its marble, wood and leather decor. A literary tour of Mordecai Richler's Montreal 2011-01-11T11:27:00Z In 1949, Churchill sold Joyce Hall, the founder of Hallmark Cards, the rights to reproduce five Churchill paintings that were used to illustrate Christmas cards. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z After the Churchill show, the space will be used for historical exhibits. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The season opens in September with a new play by Caryl Churchill, marking 40 years since her Royal Court debut Owners, and continues with 28-year-old Lucy Kirkwood's first play at the Royal Court. London's Royal Court leads new season with Churchill and Butterworth 2012-06-12T14:03:09Z Winston Churchill had added handwritten comments in favour of the proposal but it fell through as the Magna Carta was not the government's to give away. Churchill Magna Carta plan revealed 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z “Take away this pudding,” Winston Churchill reportedly said. Books of The Times: ‘The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food & Drink,’ Kevin Young, Editor 2012-10-22T04:03:03Z ‘ESCAPED ALONE’ In which the revolutionary British dramatist Caryl Churchill demonstrated once again her ability to reinvent the English-speaking play with every work she writes. The Best Theater of 2017 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z For extra cuteness, pair it with “Polar Bear Town,” at 8 on Smithsonian, where the rush is on outside of Churchill, Manitoba, to find hidden dens before the mothers begin to emerge with their cubs. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol’ and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Inevitably, The Crown invites comparisons between the civilised political discourse of the Churchill days and current standards. John Lithgow: 'When the Brexit movie lands, I call dibs on Boris Johnson' 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z David Reynolds Historian Seventy years ago, on 10 May 1940, Winston Churchill was invited to form a government. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z On the day Winston Churchill became prime minister of the United Kingdom — May 10, 1940 — Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Perspective | What to read in 2020 based on the books you loved in 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z There are brisk cameos by Churchill and Woodrow Wilson, desperate flurries of wireless messages and telegrams, quick flashes to London and Berlin. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Winston Churchill once said, “There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada.” 10 of the most eco-friendly destinations in North America 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Keaton based the script on Churchill’s voluminous writings — he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 — and on a 1980s teleplay by James C. Humes. Review: ‘Churchill,’ a One-Man Show at New World Stages 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z “When will that creature Churchill finally surrender?” he complained. How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The authors quote Winston Churchill: “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.” Alan Greenspan’s Ode to Creative Destruction 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z A favorite print on display at the war museum showed Churchill meeting Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, dressed, astonishingly, in what we would now call a romper, or onesie, belted around his ample belly. For History-Minded Tourists, London Marks Blitz Anniversary 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Churchill was well-known for his love of poetry. Winston Churchill manuscript reveals his poetic side 2013-02-06T20:30:03Z Lovell, who has written entertaining biographies of the Mitford and Churchill families, knows how to render sly appraisals of her often complicated subjects. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z This operation was set in motion by Churchill himself when he became prime minister in May 1940. Restless – and its roots in the Cambridge spy ring 2012-12-21T22:55:09Z One of the Churchill works, “Winter Sunshine,” is on display at the Royal Academy in a separate show about the history of the exhibition. The Artwork Was Rejected. Then Banksy Put His Name to It. 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z One book includes material based on a World War II speech by Winston Churchill, and battles based on the Normandy Invasion and the ancient Battle of Thermopylae also appear in the series. "Owls of Ga'Hoole" swoop into movie with Aussie accents 2010-09-23T12:32:00Z What emerges is a composite view of the fragility of humankind that suggests a hybrid of Virginia Woolf and the Court regular Caryl Churchill. Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Shortly before the disaster, Churchill had written in a confidential letter that it was “most important to attract neutral shipping to our shores, in the hopes especially of embroiling the United States with Germany.” Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Did you know Boris Johnson has written a book about Churchill?” says Ray Davies, the legendary leader of easily the most literate and dysfunctional band of the British Invasion. How the Kinks turned a British history lesson into a rock masterpiece that still resonates 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Courting Winston Churchill, the president sought to contain Eleanor’s criticism of Churchill’s relentless imperialism. Ahead of her time 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Pamela Harriman, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, hung works from her own collection, including drawings by Winston Churchill, who was once her father-in-law. At U.S. Embassy in Paris, the Art of Welcome 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Where Churchill reflects the initial boom in American popular sports, Keeneland feels like a place the leisure classes built for themselves. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The film explores Churchill's political career, with emphasis on his early, heroic opposition to Hitler and Nazism. 'Twin Peaks Festival Film Night' heads special film features 2011-07-28T19:30:08Z Churchill was the architect who designed the Christian Science Publishing Society building, home to the respected Christian Science Monitor newspaper. Perspective | This enormous glass sphere represents the entire world, as it was in 1935 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z “Churchill smoked 10 cigars a day for 70 years,” he tells me with apparent glee. David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Things seem better for modern women as Churchill pivots to the 1980s, but then you get an earful of the prickly interviews at the London job placement agency. Review | Churchill’s 1982 ‘Top Girls’ still stings in the Trump era 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Four years ago, a fully functioning 18-karat gold toilet was stolen from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. Four Men Charged in the Case of the Missing Golden Toilet 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s as if Mr. Barnett, newly fortified with wit and feeling, were channeling the Winston Churchill who said, “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.” Books of The Times: ‘The Book of Gin,’ by Richard Barnett 2012-12-11T21:11:25Z Because of the dynasty element and scorching power struggles, Mr. Lithgow said, the play reminds him of “The Crown,” the Netflix show in which he played Winston Churchill. Laurie Metcalf, the First Lady of American Theater 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z In scenes of Churchill’s increasingly uneasy sittings with Sutherland, he’s a Lear-like figure, consumed by gloom, defiance and anger — none of which are improved by his addictions to French cognac and Cuban cigars. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z On a recent trip to London, I attempted to arrange an interview with Caryl Churchill, who alongside Tom Stoppard is considered the greatest living English playwright. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Churchill, who wrote “Vinegar Tom” in the mid-1970s, knows that in theater, old words can take on new meanings — and different powers — when wrested from the mouths of their original speakers. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Winston Churchill: Vampire Hunter would work as pure camp because it's not a risk. Rufus Sewell: 'I've never played a vampire before' 2012-06-14T19:00:04Z Indeed, in style, the more formal Churchill and Zelenskyy could not be more different. A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z But be warned that Churchill, even at 14 minutes, doesn’t evaporate. Making Every Second Count in Plays Too Short to Miss 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z For the second year, one of the fair’s official sectors, On Site, takes place across the street at the prestigious Petit Palais museum and on the street itself, the Avenue Winston Churchill. Can’t Get Enough of FIAC? Go Outside 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Besides the abbey, it’s worth considering advance tickets, especially in peak season, for these London sights: Churchill War Rooms, Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower of London and the London Eye. What’s new in Great Britain for 2020 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z In point of fact, Churchill was – for as long as he dared – a consistent friend of conceited, spoiled, Hitler-sympathising Edward VIII. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z "We have had Churchill, we have had Thatcher, we have had Blair." Blair memoir excites booksellers, riles critics 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z The play imagines private meetings between the queen and the prime ministers of her 60-year reign, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron. Mirren to reprise Oscar-winning royal role 2012-09-21T16:49:13Z "It was bad enough after we won, let alone if we had lost and I just used Churchill as the thank you," he said. Peter Frampton at 60: Do you feel like I feel? 2010-05-11T18:58:00Z World War I’s pointless bloodletting weighed heavily on Britain in the 1920s and ’30s, and Churchill was directly implicated in it as first lord of the Admiralty. Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z This jocund pair, who show up in the final scene of Caryl Churchill’s “Vinegar Tom” at Atlantic Stage 2, go on to catalog the many frailties of the so-called fairer sex. Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Paul Rafferty, an artist and author of “Winston Churchill: Paintings on the French Riviera,” said in an interview that more than 130 of Churchill’s paintings were made there. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said Soviet control was like an “iron curtain” pulled across Europe. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation Another that really captured me was Nicholas Shakespeare’s “Six Minutes in May,” the story of how Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 — although one knew what was going to happen, it was a real page-turner. Anne de Courcy: By the Book 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z It's a little too strong to say that Winston Churchill hated "Pride and Prejudice," as Britain's beloved Prime Minister seems to have found some comfort in the book as the Second World War ground on. 7 people who hated Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z This time round, it was the turn of Christopher Hitchens, who weighed in with some objections to the historical accuracy, especially re Churchill. Close up: The calm before the awards storm 2011-02-04T09:41:00Z Cultural connection or disconnect: Churchill is a town of about 800 residents. In the polar-bear capital of the world, a dream is realized 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And what would Churchill himself have made of it all? Winston Churchill Goes Digital 2010-07-28T22:12:00Z When pushed, Ms. Churchill said, “I don’t mind doing a turkey, but it seems like a whole lot of hullabaloo. Not my jam!” How Six Different Cooks Set Striking Thanksgiving Tables 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Amen to that — though not forgetting Churchill’s quip that the United States will eventually do the right thing after exhausting all the alternatives. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z By graciously reaching out to Chamberlain and forgoing score-settling, Churchill carried the day — and, ultimately, the age. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr Read investigates how Churchill went from a young army officer cadet to being Britain’s highest-earning war correspondent by the age of 25, getting the journalism bug for the rest of his life. Mr high-roller 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In “The Favourite,” Sarah Churchill tells the government ministers that if they want to see the queen, they need to an appointment with her. The real women of "The Favourite" included an 18th-century Warren Buffett 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z His mother's father was Herbert Morrison, home secretary in Churchill's wartime cabinet, and later deputy prime minister and foreign secretary in the post-war Labour government. The Third Man by Peter Mandelson 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The group, which in the past has included British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and scientist Stephen Hawking, can only number a maximum of 65, excluding the sovereign, at any one time. ‘I’m so lucky’: Elton John receives prestigious UK award 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z This collaborative method is part of what appeals to James C. Nicola, the longtime artistic director of New York Theater Workshop, about Ms. Churchill’s writing. Prepare to Be Provoked. Caryl Churchill Is Back. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z He had already published “Crazy Pavements,’’ considered the first BYT novel, and the self-consciously precocious “Twenty-Five,’’ with its first-hand snapshots of Churchill, King Constantine and Noel Coward. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z A thrilling account of the young Winston Churchill’s heroics in the South African Republic in 1899, which culminated in a prison break and nine days on the run. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z She similarly misinterprets the behavior of Frank Churchill and Mr. Knightly, and misses the true objects of their affections. Next Big Thing: Literary Scholars Turn to Science 2010-03-31T22:36:00Z Leave it to Ms. Churchill to come up with a work that so ingeniously and exhaustively mirrors our age of the splintered attention span. Theater Review: ‘Love and Information,’ by Caryl Churchill, at Minetta Lane 2014-02-20T03:00:14Z Hall later arranged a traveling show of 35 Churchill paintings that opened at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo., in 1958. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “Enlighten Up!” a documentary made by Kate Churchill, a yoga devotee who followed a skeptic’s journey through yoga, played in theaters last year. Up Close: Yoga Blogger Covers the Lighter Side 2010-07-28T22:58:00Z As he had fervently hoped, Churchill was afterwards mentioned in dispatches. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z “One of my favorite lines is where Lord Halifax says Churchill ‘mobilized the English language and sent it into battle’.” Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The Churchill name certainly helped open newspaper editors’ doors across London. Mr high-roller 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I have read somewhere that, Winston Churchill excepted, Lawrence of Arabia is the most written-about Englishman of the 20th century. The early years of the real Lawrence of Arabia 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The lush landscape of his property became a source of inspiration and Churchill built the garden walls himself and was pleased to be recognized as an honorary member of the bricklayers’ union. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Having gone to Churchill on the assumption that polar bears were one missed meal away from extinction, I was surprised to find that worldwide population numbers were confusing and controversial. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z It was Madame Defarge, not Madame Lafarge, who sat by the guillotine, and Churchill, not Lloyd George, who decided to send the Black and Tans into Ireland. The Real Meaning of the Brexit Debate 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z When Churchill finally returned to the project in the mid-1950s, he was a shadow of his former self – exhausted by six volumes of war memoirs and a second term in Downing Street. Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer by Peter Clarke – review 2012-07-20T07:00:04Z “The presence or absence of acidity in the same variety, sometimes grown a block apart, is one of the great mysteries of mandarins,” said Lisa Brenneis, an owner of Churchill Orchard. Mandarin Oranges, Rising Stars of the Fruit Bowl 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Churchill did not celebrate his twenty-first birthday on 30 November 1895 with a ball at Blenheim Palace, his ancestral home. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z If Churchill’s entire life was a preparation for 1940, “the man and the moment only just coincided.” Is This the Best One-Volume Biography of Churchill Yet Written? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z I said to David Cameron, 'You could be the new Churchill here. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z "I feel this is the start of the ending for me here – or more precisely, as Churchill had it – the end of the beginning," Nesmith said. Michael Nesmith reunites with the Monkees 2012-08-09T09:57:02Z Beneath the polished surface, the memory of Britain’s finest hour, as Winston Churchill famously called it, lingers tenaciously, encouraged by a seemingly endless parade of popular books, television shows and films set during the war. The Legacy De Gaulle Left in London 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The plethora of recorded Churchill speeches made the task of capturing his voice harder rather than easier, Oldman said. Gary Oldman slays dragons to play Churchill in 'Darkest Hour' 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z In the age of Decolonising The Curriculum and Rhodes Must Fall, we’ve seen the legacies of Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling robustly contested. Ezra Pound wrote the world’s single greatest poem, but is it wrong to love a fascist? | Ash Sarkar 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Tony is just as steadfast, standing by his American friend with references to Churchill and . | 'The Special Relationship': Dennis Quaid and Michael Sheen as Clinton and Blair 2010-05-27T22:06:00Z Democracy is, as Winston Churchill said, "the worst form of government except for all others that have been tried." Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Churchill persuaded Roosevelt to stay on an extra day in North Africa. Churchill Work Owned by Angelina Jolie Brings $11.5 Million at Christie’s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Would we have had Stoppard's Arcadia, Bennett's The History Boys and Churchill's Love and Information if these playwrights had been required to launch them, cold, in the West End? Has David Mamet lost the plot? 2013-06-12T19:00:03Z A clear-eyed view of young Churchill as a bumptious self-promoter whose exploits in Africa were as farcical as they were courageous. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z One of the most famous of the gilded girls was Jennie Jerome of Brooklyn, who became the mother of Winston Churchill. Heiresses of Wharton?s Era in Fashion on Her 150th Birthday 2012-01-19T23:18:19Z Hitler sent in General Rommel, while Churchill became fanatical about saving the Middle East. TV highlights 05/04/2013 2013-04-05T06:00:02Z This movie has Churchill, played with both grim determination and wild abandon by Brian Cox, railing against the high command in terms and gestures that mostly suggest a poorly run group therapy session. Review: Churchill Battling a War, and Himself 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Caryl Churchill's remarkable play Far Away, set in a world constantly at war, is revived by Dominic Hill at the in Glasgow, alongside a much lesser-known work, Seagulls. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-24T12:35:00Z Another thing Churchill's people agree on is that critics focus too much on her structural jumps. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z |
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