Sir Winston’s Churchill’s legacy will be reviewed by the Imperial War Museum as bosses examine his views on ‘sensitive topics’ in wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. Internal documents reveal discussions are taking place at the museum that holds the Churchill War Rooms. Museum bosses have called for examination into the wartime leader’s views after … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s team is struggling to decide who will have to tell him he’s lost the election as Joe Biden appears on the cusp of securing the White House. Biden took the lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning as votes were counted overnight. There is no path to victory for President Trump without … Read more
Winston Churchill’s granddaughter says she has voted for Joe Biden as she slams Donald Trump for comparing himself to the wartime leader and calls him ‘a spoiled child’ Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys blasted Donald Trump for ‘inaction and lies about the COVID-19 crisis’ She took on Trump’s repeated comparisons to her grandfather Said Churchill never … Read more
Once used as a top secret base where Winston Churchill formed the final plans for D-Day and met with ministers and allied leaders, Droxford Station is now for sale. The property is steeped in history but is mostly famed for its use by Churchill in June 1944 where the victory strategy for World War II was … Read more
National Trust faces backlash for linking Winston Churchill’s home to slavery and colonialism Oliver Dowden said National Trust’s view of Winston Churchill was a surprise He called on the Trust to focus its efforts on ‘preserving and protecting’ heritage The Trust had published an audit that claimed 93 properties had slavery links By Vanessa Allen … Read more
Winston Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’ Christine Granville gets a blue plaque at hotel where she was stabbed to death by a stalker Christine Granville was one of the most effective special agents to serve Britain The wartime spy is believed to have inspired Ian Fleming’s character Vesper Lynd Only 14% of over 950 English Heritage Blue Plaques … Read more
Teenager, 18, is charged with defacing Winston Churchill’s Westminster statue branding the wartime leader ‘a racist’ Benjamin Clark, 18, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 9 He was arrested after Churchill’s plinth was yesterday daubed with yellow paint A slogan branding the wartime leader ‘a racist’ was sprayed on the stone plinth Scotland … Read more
Winston Churchill’s rousing speeches inspired a nation and played a key role in Britain’s morale during the dark early days of the Second World War. It was a time when the country was almost at its knees, with men dying and morale sinking. But Churchill’s defiant and powerful words allowed ordinary Britons, soldiers, sailors and … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Churchill’s grandson Nicholas Soames splits from his second wife By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 BST, 9 August 2020 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 9 August 2020 After 27 years of marriage, I’m sad to report that Sir Nicholas Soames and his wife … Read more
An affectionate letter from Sir Winston Churchill to his first great love has come to light. The future wartime prime minister was a 22-year-old junior officer when he met Pamela Bulwer-Lytton (nee Plowden), Countess of Lytton, in India in 1896. He was instantly infatuated, and told his mother in a letter on October 26, 1896 … Read more