[ChurchillChat] Churchill’s Watch

2013-11-24 Thread dmitry...@gmail.com
Whose Breguet wore Churchill? Contradictory information is available on this account. In Churchill's museum (London) presents Breguet no 765 with this statement: “Churchill wore this gold Breguet watch, no 765, which is visible in the famous Karsh portrait of him taken 1941. The watch was

[ChurchillChat] I blew up over Coventry myth.

2013-11-24 Thread David Freeman
Colleagues, This evening I attended a performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at the Orange County (California) Performing Arts Center.  Written 50 years ago for the dedication of the new Coventry Cathedral, the Requiem is a major work of sacred music.  This performance marked the