Dear Larry, Spot on. Lady Mary Soames kindly showed me how she and others prepared WSC's whisky-soda. It is a matter of speculation how so little whisky might have been partially medicinal in dilating his coronary arteries. Then the the whole issue of whether WSC was actually an alcoholic rages on. The film did highlight that many of his colleagues did think of him as a "sot". The third volume of Manchester's biography has his alcoholism and depression back to front. We only know of one episode when WSC was the worse for drink. Lord Alanbrooke had it all wrong in is observation. This was not when WSC was mightily tiddly. John H. Mather MD. In a message dated 3/6/2018 3:58:47 PM Central Standard Time, homepor...@gmail.com writes:
I thoroughly enjoyed Darkest Hour in spite of the artist license taken that has been previously discussed. Did anyone else notice that in the various scenes where Churchill was drinking whisky, he was portrayed as drinking it neat--the rich scotch color prominent in his glass? This goes along with the misperception of the uninformed that he was an alcoholic. Churchill usually drank weak whisky and sodas (a splash of whisky and a predominance of soda, all without ice) and the color of the libation in the glass should have reflected this. As the sun is over the yardarm somewhere in the world, I think it might be nice to emulate the great man at this moment. Cheers. Larry Kryske la...@yourfinesthour.com Author of CHURCHILL Without Blood, Sweat, or Tears (now available from online booksellers) -- 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
