[ChurchillChat] "The Better Angels of Our Nature"

Thanks, Greg, for pointing this out (sigh). FYI, from *Finest Hour* 160, Autumn 2013, "Around & About," page 5: A new book makes headlines with the sophomoric notion that Churchill’s war speeches inspired few and annoyed many—based on colorful but unquantified exclamations in a wartime speak-y

[ChurchillChat] Re: Another new book of "debunking"

On Monday, December 1, 2014 1:15:00 PM UTC-5, Antoine Capet wrote: > > Another new book of "debunking" : > Arnold, Michael. Hollow Heroes: An Unvarnished Look at the Wartime Careers > of Churchill, Montgomery and Mountbatten. > There are only three ways to publish a new book on Churchill these d

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill and nuclear attack against USSR

Is it true? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2826980/Winston-Churchill-s-bid-nuke-Russia-win-Cold-War-uncovered-secret-FBI-files.html Dave Turrell is right. It is true in that Churchill made such a suggestion several times in private conversation in 1946-47. It is not true that he "bid" t

[ChurchillChat] When the Eagles are Silent....

"Very often the eagles have been squalled down by the parrots." —Churchill, House of Commons, 18 January 1945 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29701767 This is such a rote performance, all too typical. First, they tee up Churchill as the savior of 1940. Then they tear him down with the f

[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.

[ChurchillChat] Re: Reflections on Churchill's Funeral (Weekly Standard)

Pat: Thanks for the kind words and valuable correction. I have asked *The Weekly Standard* to change it to my final draft, which is posted, with links to video and the Battle Hymn, on my website: https://richardlangworth.com/funeral > > I linked the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performance because I

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Reflections on Churchill's Funeral (Weekly Standard)

David & David: Thanks for these links. I have posted both of them (and retained the Mormon Tabernacle link also): http://bit.ly/1yndtiR David Riddle: Distinguished address you have. Hope they preserve St. George's Chapel. See: https://richardlangworth.com/icons -- You received this message bec

[ChurchillChat] Re: Iraq Inquiry panel member Sir Martin Gilbert dies - Telegraph

Like Lady Soames, he is irreplaceable. https://richardlangworth.com/gilbert1 https://richardlangworth.com/gilbert 2 On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 6:26:17 AM UTC-5, Robert Courts wrote: > > All Churchillians will join with me in mourning the passing of t

[ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

David: Martin Gilbert *Winston S. Churchill, *Vols. 5 and 8, and Mary Soames's *A Daughter's Tale* are laced with references. Since you are in Westerham you should dig up a copy of Percy Reid's *Churchill: Townsman of Westerham*, which also covers farming episodes. Reid was a stringer for Londo

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

On domestic animals, see Fred Glueckstein, "'Cats Look Down on You': Churchill's Feline Menagerie," *Finest Hour 139, *the most comprehensive survey of the cat population available. On domestic animals generally see my "Churchill and Animals," Part 1, *The Churchillian* (Fulton), Winter 2014-15

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill's farming activities

The "Get off you fool!" (not "bloody fool") cat story is authoritative, from the reliable Elizabeth Nel in *Mr Churchill's Secretary* (Hodder & Stoughton, 1958), 74: "On the morning in question Mr. Churchill sat in bed and Smokey sat on the blankets watching him. The Prime Minister's telephone

[ChurchillChat] Re: Sutherland portrait

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 11:01:27 PM UTC-4, Brad Tolppanen wrote: > > The Daily Telegraph recently had an interesting article on the destruction > of the infamous Graham Sutherland portrait of Winston Churchill in which > Sonia Purnell reveals the painting was burned by Grace Hamblin at the w

[ChurchillChat] Ralph Wigram's Death

To paraphrase P.T. Barnum, no one ever lost money overestimating the research of Martin Gilbert. Ever since the producers of "The Wilderness Years" took liberties by suggesting Churchill's key 1930s informant, Ralph Wigram, was a suicide, it has been broadly accepted as fact. Indeed recently an

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Document volumes

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 5:53:53 PM UTC-4, Jon wrote: > > Richard, could you publish an Errata sheet for vol 17? It could be a PDF > that we could print, cut to size and lay in the book. > Jon, see attached. Has anyone noticed any other nits that should be included? Thanks Richard Langw

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Document volumes

I attach herewith an updated sheet with an additional erratum. Thanks to David Freeman for pointing this out. > > RML -- 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 ema

[ChurchillChat] Official Biography Hillsdale Editions

Here is information of all who have inquired about the new Document Volumes and how to order copies from Hillsdale College Press. The new titles are: Volume 17: *Testing Times, 1942* Volume 18: *One Continent Redeemed, January-August 1943* Robin Curtis processes the Churchill book orders. The pr

[ChurchillChat] CHURCHILL AND THE AVOIDABLE WAR

“If the Allies had resisted Hitler strongly in his early stages...he would have been forced to recoil, and a chance would have been given to the sane elements in German life.” — Winston S. Churchill, 1948 World War II was the defining event of our age—the climactic clash between liberty

[ChurchillChat] Robert Hardy at Hillsdale

had no idea that ‪#‎RobertHardy‬ was back at ‪#‎HillsdaleCollege‬ in April, to reflect on a rich and vari

[ChurchillChat] Book Reviews & Bibliography

about-winston-churchill/ Richard M Langworth CBE Senior Fellow, Hillsdale Colleg ​e Churchlll Project ​ ​​ ​ winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu richardlangworth.com twitter.com/rmlangworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To u

Re: [ChurchillChat] USA TV Broadcast of Churchill's Secret

David: There is no case of butterflies at Chartwell? Thought I saw one once. Churchill's stroke of 23Jun53 was not fiction, though it's true that dramatizing what went on at C'well in the aftermath, in the absence of witnesses, must of necessity be fictional. There is value in the production, a

Re: [ChurchillChat] USA TV Broadcast of Churchill's Secret

Stan, alas, Churchill *did* authorize the use of troops in the miners strikes, though there were extenuating circumstances. The story forms a chapter in my next book, *Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: Tall Tales, Lies, Fables, Distortions and Things That Go Bump in the Night *(McFarland, 20

[ChurchillChat] Re: USA TV Broadcast of Churchill's Secret

On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 7:18:48 PM UTC-4, PatFinn1940 wrote: > > I wish Marigold was buried with her parents and siblings at Bladon, > instead of being alone in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. > >> >> Marigold was buried in London for the proximity; Clementine and the other children v

[ChurchillChat] Re: Butterfly update

David, Thanks for info. I also realized that the interiors in "Churchill's Secret" were shot at a studio, not Chartwell, so the box of mounted butterflies was a prop. Hugh Newman, son of L.W. Newman, owner of the "butterfly farm" which supplied Churchill after the war, wrote an amusing piece on

Re: [ChurchillChat] Many people not happy!!

If you think vulgarity is confined to American film makers, guess again. Churchill organizations received an "Urgent Media Request—the Sin" (He means The Sun, I think.) I'm a journalist with The Sun. I'm working on a story for publication in > our paper tomorrow about a disgusting act which

Re: [ChurchillChat] Many people not happy!!

Sir Nicholas Soames. At last, a voice of reason: Speaking to the Guardian on Monday, Soames described the fallout – prompted when photos emerged of the Palace draped in Nazi flags – as “a completely manufactured row” and “absolutely the most dismal, idiotic story I’ve ever read”. http://bit.ly

[ChurchillChat] The Nazis are Coming! Manufactured Outrage....

Blenheim Palace bedizened with Swastikas? File this in the overflowing catalogue of much ado about nothing. https://richardlangworth.com/nazi-banners-drape-blenheim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: effigies of Churchill at Madame Tus Saud's

It is always better in periodicals to state a finite time span. Finest Hour said there were "seven effigies throughout his life." Undoubtedly there have been more since. As I recall they change periodically. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Churchil