Winston Churchill painting that he gave as a gift to Field Marshal Montgomery is set to fetch half a million at auction Churchill’s painting he gave to Field Marshal Montgomery is to be sold at auction The painting has remained with the Montgomery family since they received it Landscape painting could fetch up to half a million … Read more
The woman behind the man: How netball star Kelsey Browne, 28, has been the biggest support to her beau Ryan Papenhuyzen, 22, as he claims the illustrious Clive Churchill Medal in NRL Grand Final against the Panthers By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:46 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 13:46 GMT, 25 … Read more
The Mayfair mansion where Hollywood legend Fred Astaire entertained guests including Winston Churchill is now on the market for £9.5m. The five-storey townhouse on Chesterfield Hill served as a pied-à-terre for Astaire and his sister Adele in the roaring twenties when the pair were starring in the 1927 musical Funny Face in London’s West End. … Read more
Baptist pastor’s son, 18, accused of spray-painting Winston Churchill statue with the words ‘is a racist’ is ‘threatened with hanging as he enters court’ Benjamin Clark was ‘threatened as he entered court’ with his father Andrew Onlookers shouted ‘he should hang’ outside of Westminster Magistrates’ Court Clark charged with one count of criminal damage after incident in … Read more
President Donald Trump compared his response to the coronavirus to the actions of the great leaders of World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. At a campaign rally in Michigan Thursday night, Trump defended himself after coming under fire when revelations in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book ‘Rage’ showed he privately acknowledged the dangers … Read more
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Johnson? Just after 4pm on Wednesday, Boris’s carefully cultivated reputation as a Churchillian champion of British liberty crumbled like stale Stilton cheese. ‘We will boost the local enforcement capacity of local authorities by introducing Covid-secure marshals to help ensure social distancing in town and city centres, and … Read more
Winston Churchill said he would consider bombing Russia and China if he was Prime Minister during the Cold War, a newly-discovered memo has revealed. The then-76-year-old World War II hero told former-US army officer Julius Ochs Adler that if he ‘could secure the agreement’ of the US government he would give the Soviet Union ‘an ultimatum’. … Read more
Heavily armed pro-Trump supporters gather near Churchill Downs vowing to protect Louisville ahead of Breonna Taylor protests during the Kentucky Derby – as spectators begin to arrive Pro-Trump activists and far-right militia members gathered at Cox Park in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday Men dressed in military gear and armed with semi-automatic weapons were out in … Read more
Historians have criticised the BBC for an ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report claiming Churchill was responsible for the ‘mass killing’ of up to 3million in the 1943 Bengal Famine. A section broadcast on Tuesday examined how modern Indians view the wartime prime minster as part of a series on Britain’s colonial legacy, and featured a … Read more
Now civil servants claim they ‘do not feel comfortable’ with a Treasury room named after Winston Churchill A Treasury room is named after former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Civil servants are uncomfortable with the name and have complained about it Rishi Sunak has defended the name of the room due to its historical significance … Read more