Dear Richard,
A great piece, which I will add to the growing archive of media coverage for 2015. As you know, much of the other press is highly variable in tone and content, but all a testament to the level of enduring interest. All best wishes, Allen From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard M. Langworth Sent: 24 January 2015 18:36 To: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Reflections on Churchill's Funeral (Weekly Standard) Anyone reading this knows where they were on 9/11/01. A diminishing number remember where they were on 1/30/65—the day we said farewell to Winston Churchill. For me it was a life-changing experience. Suddenly, unforgettably, on my flickering, black and white TV screen in Staten Island, N.Y., the huge void of England’s grandest cathedral filled with The Battle Hymn of the Republic. He was, we were reminded, half-American, an honorary citizen by Act of Congress. That day was the start of my 50-year career in search of Churchill—of what his greatest biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, described as “labouring in the vineyard.” After the funeral I picked up The Gathering Storm, the first volume of his World War II memoirs. I was snared by what Robert Pilpel called his “roast beef and pewter phrases.” It’s biased, as Churchill admitted—“This is not history; this is my case.” But it is ordered so as to put you at his side for the “great climacterics” that made us what we are today. Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/reflections-churchill-s-funeral_824348.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
