Re: [ChurchillChat] Darkest Hour

There is a totally apocryphal story that I like.  Churchill woke up after a "strenuous evening" with Stalin at the Kremlin.  He was horrified by his lack of memory at what went on and hurriedly dictate a memo titled "this is my recollection of what we discussed last night" and sent it over to

[ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot...."

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:55:26 AM UTC-5, Jonathan Hayes wrote: > > There is a totally apocryphal story that I like. Churchill woke up after > a "strenuous evening" with Stalin at the Kremlin. He was horrified by his > lack of memory at what went on and hurriedly dictate a memo titled

[ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot..."

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:55:26 AM UTC-5, Jonathan Hayes wrote: > > There is a totally apocryphal story that I like. Churchill woke up after > a "strenuous evening" with Stalin at the Kremlin. He was horrified by his > lack of memory at what went on and hurriedly dictate a memo titled

Re: [ChurchillChat] Darkest Hour

Another one, just sentReply to Jane Crowther, editor, *Total Film* magazine, UK, relayed by Lady Gilbert -- Forwarded message -- Dear Jane Crowther, Subject to my colleague Mr Geiger, some tentative answers to your questions: *Q: Did Winston Churchill ever use public

Re: [ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot..."

It is unfortunate that given Stalin’s nature and history, this story while amusing, would also be so believable. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Jonathan Hayes > wrote: Nice to know there was a happy ending!

Re: [ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot..."

Nice to know there was a happy ending! Jonathan From: Richard Langworth To: ChurchillChat Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 1:13 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot..." On Friday, January 5, 2018 at

Re: [ChurchillChat] "The interpreter...has been shot...."

Dear Richard, Simply magnificent ! You must find a way of including that in your next book, otherwise it will be lost – which would be a great pity ! A.C. Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS Head of British Studies University of Rouen 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan France antoine.ca...@univ-rouen.fr

[ChurchillChat] Re: Darkest Hour

The problem with the Underground scene (and the scene where the King tells Churchill to ask the people if he should fight on) is not dramatic license but that they misrepresent Churchill’s character and resolution. As I said to Troy Bramston in an interview for *The Australian, *WSC had

Re: [ChurchillChat] Darkest Hour

The problem with the Underground scene (and the scene where the King tells Churchill to ask the people if he should fight on) is not dramatic license but that they misrepresent Churchill’s character and resolution. As I said to Troy Bramston in an interview for *The Australian, *WSC had

Re: [ChurchillChat] Darkest Hour

Sorry, the first (red) URL below (my site) should be: *http://bit.ly/2CvNksE* *And The Australian (second url) now seems to have a paywall.* On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 8:06:02 AM UTC-5, Richard Langworth wrote: > > The problem with the Underground scene (and the scene where the King tells >