Winston Churchill

...General Henri Giraud (French deputy) President Franklin D Roosevelt, General Charles de Gaulle, and Winston Churchill, In colour: Churchill at the Jnauty 1943 conference with Roosevelt, who persuaded him to put back D-Day plans to invade...

In this article: Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D Roosevelt, Casablanca, Battle of Stalingrad, and Allied leaders

A CIGAR smoked by Winston Churchill as he drew up plans to invade German-occupied Europe in 1943 has been valued at GBP800 on TV's Antiques Roadshow. The ex soldier acted as butler to the World War II PM and Allied leaders including US...

In this article: Allied leaders, Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D Roosevelt, Antiques Roadshow, Casablanca, Europe, France, and US

A cigar smoked by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he planned D-Day has been discovered in a small market village - after being hidden for over 50 years. Published: 9:44AM GMT 20 Nov 2009 The half smoked cigar smoked by former Prime...

In this article: Allied leaders

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 4:17 pm

...signature upscale restaurant, Sir Winston's, is about to go under the knife. Planned updates to the restaurant named for Winston Churchill follow a recent change in management for the popular tourist attraction. We can expect the Old...

In this article: Queen Mary and Delaware

...of Educational Assessors recently put an essay-grading machine to the test by feeding it passages by Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway. Churchill's famous "fight on the beaches" speech was too repetitive, according to the machine. Adds...

In this article: Ernest Hemingway, The Times, A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, The Old Man and the Sea, and Phillip K. Dick

...speech was graded as 'below average' by new computer marking system Last updated at 12:16 PM on 12th November 2009 Sir Winston Churchill's famous speech which inspired a nation was marked 'below average' It is one of the finest and...

In this article: Battle of Britain, Ernest Hemingway, Chartwell, Lord of the Flies, and William Golding

Texts written by masters of the English language including Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway and William Golding would have been deemed below average under a new computerised exam system. Churchill's speeches, Hemingway's style and...

In this article: Ernest Hemingway, William Golding, A Clockwork Orange, and Anthony Burgess

Last Updated: 12:46 AM, November 8, 2009 Posted: 12:46 AM, November 8, 2009 Winston Churchill liked to live large - the famed orator wore only silk next to his skin, began his whiskey consumption early in the morning and consumed vats...

In this article: Conservative Party, Champagne, Wild Boar, Dog, WWII, Edward VIII, Associated Press, and Chartwell

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Church of Scientology told to drop Churchill images The family of Winston Churchill has asked the Church of Scientology to stop using images of the former prime minister in its...

In this article: Church of Scientology, L Ron Hubbard, Nicholas Soames, UK, and France