White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday that President Trump’s church photo-up was akin to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill surveying bombing damage in England during World War II. McEnany called Trump’s controversial walk to St. John’s church on Monday – that had been directly preceded by ousting Black Lives Matter protesters and their allies … Read more
Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin came ‘appallingly close’ to assassination during a top secret summit in 1943 in Tehran, a new book has revealed. The three world leaders met in person in the Iranian capital – despite the city being central to a major Nazi intelligence ring. German intelligence agents discovered advance … Read more
A ‘fiercely independent’ 102-year-old woman who once worked with Winston Churchill was given just two hours to live after contracting Covid-19 – but was sitting up in bed with a bowl of Weetabix days later. Catherine Grace had a secretive government role on London’s South Bank but has never divulged the nature of her work … Read more
It is a sobering thought, as Boris Johnson emerges from self-isolation, that coronavirus would probably have killed Winston Churchill had he caught it any time between his first serious bout of pneumonia in May 1943 and his fourth in February 1945. Churchill was a male smoker in his 70s with a serious underlying health condition … Read more
Captivating photos giving a snapshot into the privileged existence of wealthy Britons in India during the days of the Raj have come to light over 120 years later. The collection includes images of tiger hunts in the late 19th century, alongside safaris where whole families are perched on the back of elephants, two Western women engaging … Read more
Boris Johnson tells private hospitals to free up beds for the NHS and orders Rolls Royce and JCB to help produce ventilators in ‘national effort’ to tackle coronavirus pandemic Prime Minister will go to private hospital groups asking them to free up beds His request will mirror that of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill in … Read more
TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more