Tag Archives: Winston Churchill

In the Year of Three Kings

Posted on May 7, 2019 by leslie

In the Year of Three Kings  The King Who Had to Go, Adrian Phillips, Biteback Publishing, 2016, isbn 978-1-78590-347-2, reviewed by Monty Skew Recently revealed letters, hitherto kept secret, have dispelled any lasting illusions about Edward VIII’s short and inglorious … Continue reading →

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Churchill

Posted on August 19, 2017 by leslie

Churchill Cast: Brian Cox as Winston Churchill Miranda Richardson as Clementine Churchill John Slattery as Dwight D. Eisenhower James Purefoy as King George VI Julian Wadham as General Bernard Montgomery Danny Webb as Field Marshall Alan Brooke Jonathan Aris as … Continue reading →

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Living in the shadow of fascism

Posted on May 8, 2015 by leslie

Living in the shadow of fascism Mark Wegierski considers the ideological consequences of the Second World War Seventy years after its end, World War II continues to shape the world. One of its main ideological results was the general discrediting … Continue reading →

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The Grotesquely Stalinist FDR

Posted on March 23, 2015 by leslie

The Grotesquely Stalinist FDR Ilana Mercer debunks a still iconic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is not the man to quote in support of the market economy. He was, after all, the president who gave America the assault on free-market capitalism … Continue reading →

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Famous last words

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Derek Turner

Famous last words PAUL WOOD remembers how past PMs passed Margaret Thatcher’s death makes me want to sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the deaths of Prime Ministers. The Prime Minister whose death I most often think … Continue reading →

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