British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
Earwigging for Michael Gambon: I fed the legendary actor his lines via an earpiece. Over time, it was him who got into my head
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How the young Winston Churchill escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp: And what his unlikely tale reveals about imperialism
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Timothy Spall: ‘England is a much less equal society than it was in the 1960s – it’s alarming’
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Problematic Prosthetics: A Short History of Hollywood’s Fake Faces: How did we get from Vaudevillians taping their face to spook kids to accusations of racist ...
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Russian ambassador Georgii Zuev will not be expelled, Winston Peters says: Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's better to talk to people whatever the ...
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It’s time to lean back and delve into our holiday special. This cover includes hints to each one of the Christmas stories in the issue—can you spot them all? ... Show more econ.trib.al/LqzToED
Follow the adventures of a young Winston Churchill in Africa, uncover the truth about the passenger jet Putin’s men shot down ... Show more econ.st/3ti8BpD
Zelensky in the USA: from heroic leader to supplicant: Like Winston Churchill, Volodimir Zelensky was received and gifted in Washington a year ago ...
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Budget crisis: Hands off the debt brake!: The debt brake is the worst of all fiscal rules - except for all others that have been tried.
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Quick Glance: Survey: German Economists' Views on Debt Brake
- German economists are divided on the debt brake: Half support retention, while the other half favors reform or abolition.
- German economists hold diverse views on the debt brake, reflecting a strong interest in potential reforms.
- A large majority of economists support the retention of the debt brake, while a significant portion favors reforms or abolition.
- The diversity of opinions among economists regarding the debt brake reflects a wide range of arguments for and against its retention.
Ted Morgan, 91, Dies; Pulitzer-Winning Writer Straddled Two Cultures: An esteemed journalist and author, he was born to a French count but later shed his ...
nytimes.com/2023/12/14/business/media/ted-morgan-dead.html
What happened to the promise of 'housing for all'?: What happened to the belief that "housing for all" would be the bedrock of social cohesion?
abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/what-happened-to-the-promise-of-housing-for-all/103238644
✍️ Guto Harri: A politician praising a predecessor provides a heavy hint on how they intend to govern, but Keir Starmer’s new found enthusiasm for Margaret ... Show more www.standard.co.uk/comment/keir-starmer-margaret-thatcher-clement-attlee-guto-harri-b1124557.html
#VantageOnFirstpost : Here are today’s #VantageShots – images that tell the story | @Palkisu
+China: A penguin parade draws attention of tourists
+Indonesia: A critically endangered ... Show more
#VantageReels : The Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ... Show more #FPRewind
Who stole Maurizio Cattelan's golden toilet?: In 2019, unknown persons stole the work of art from Blenheim Palace in England. The public wondered whether the ...
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A pint of wine? It’s a Brexit thing: In 2024, the Brits will be able to drink like Winston Churchill again.
bangkokpost.com/world/2714683/a-pint-of-wine-its-a-brexit-thing
On This Day, Dec. 1: Tehran Conference with Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin concludes - UPI.com
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Culture Re-View: Celebrating the best letters you've never read: 28 November: Happy Letter Writing Day!
euronews.com/culture/2023/11/28/culture-re-view-celebrating-the-best-letters-youve-never-read
4 men charged in theft of satirical 18-carat gold toilet: The Crown Prosecution Service said Monday it has authorized criminal charges against four men ...
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Quick Glance: Charges Filed: £4.8M Gold Toilet Stolen
- Theft of a gold toilet valued at £4.8 million from Blenheim Palace in September 2019
- The toilet was on display for only two days and could be used with a three-minute time limit to avoid queues.
- Before installation, the duke’s half-brother mentioned the difficulty of stealing the toilet.
- The chief executive of Blenheim Palace hoped the pointless act of stealing would increase the value of the work.
This week’s cover: How we saw the world
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"It must be allowed to go ahead."
The grandson of Winston Churchill, Nicholas Soames, said in an interview on LBC that he thinks the 11 November ... Show more
This week’s cover: How we saw the world
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Four men in court for stealing a gold toilet: It is an extraordinary piece of stolen property. The precious toilet comes from an Italian artist ...
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Edmonton's Winston Churchill Square, City Hall celebrate New Year's Eve: Free festivals and two fireworks shows
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Tories to bring back pints of champagne and wine: THE Conservatives are reportedly set to bring back pints of champagne, said to have been beloved by wartime ...
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4 men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet at Churchill's birthplace: Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim ...
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Crofton field hockey wins second straight title, 5-0 over Winston Churchill: ‘Today, we proved ourselves’
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Sir Keir Starmer accused the Tories of falling far from Sir Winston Churchill’s politics and instead echoing those of Donald Trump as he vowed Labour would ... Show more
30 pictures that show just how much Cardiff's Queen Street has changed in 75 years 😮 tinyurl.com/2s3vwpmv
Take a look inside the new Raffles hotel in London: Once the beating heart of Britain's military empire, the Old War Office is forging a new future as one of the ...
cnbc.com/2023/11/08/best-hotels-in-london-raffles-hotel-is-a-new-one-on-the-list.html
The beginning of the end?: If the popular vote failed to rally to defend acquired rights against Milei’s chainsaw, it is because those rights have been emptied ...
batimes.com.ar/news/op-ed/editorial-the-beginning-of-the-end.phtml
Another disruption for St David’s: Dear Sir,
When the Atlantic Charter and Land Lease Act was signed between Sir Winston Churchill and President Franklin ...
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Four men in court after gold toilet stolen from Churchill's birthplace: The toilet was designed by an artist and is worth almost £5million
mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/four-men-court-after-gold-28191106
Broadneck football routs Winston Churchill, 31-7 to reach Class 4A state final for first time in 20 years Show more
Review: Regency London – The Churchill - Scotland on Sunday Travel: High-end tranquillity, minutes from the bright lights
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Why People Killed By Aerial Bombing Don't Matter: The West’s monopoly over this most lethal violence has conditioned how we see the victims of bombs – if we ...
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Neal Rubin: Metro Detroit seniors become authors with new book about older adulthood
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Opinion: Remembrance is about adding to the historical record, not cancelling it: Don't cancel past heroes because they don't fit current expectations ...
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Flavour of the month: November – Celebrity homes, the Tube and Disney romance: This month’s crop of trivia includes a secret about the Tube map ...
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Spirit of Churchill invoked in battle to save Brum heritage from axe: Birmingham City Council is having to review all its assets - land, property ...
birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/spirit-churchill-heralded-battle-save-28064036
‘The food is as good as you will find in London’: Saison at Raffles London, reviewed
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Donors stepped to the plate and now the band can compete with dozens of other bands in this weekend's Super Regional. trib.al/xhzBvyZ
Former MI5 operative - and colleague of Winston Churchill - who bravely survived COVID celebrates 106th birthday in Dewsbury care home
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Rain causes $28,000 of damage to Churchill High School's band gear: A CheddarUp fundraiser to fix instruments after the Bands of America Waco Regional ...
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Historian Charlotte Gray delves into the lives of the mothers of powerful men: Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons is a biography of Jennie Jerome (Churchill) and ...
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Do not let it get you! 💪🏽
I find the US’s interest in Starmer rather strange. If you speak to a lot of Americans who don’t work in the media, as far as they’re concerned Tony Blair is ... Show more www.standard.co.uk/comment/keir-starmer-america-dylan-jones-b1113769.html
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Israelis need more than a vague demand to ‘destroy Hamas’: In the darkest period of World War II, FDR and Churchill mapped out a post-war future ...
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Suella Braverman conference speech: What Home Secretary said: Home Secretary Suella Braverman delivered her speech at the Conservative Party conference in ...
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Peters predicts being in government and a pre-Xmas mini-Budget : Winston Peters is predicting a mini-Budget before Christmas and says it will come from a ...
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Quick Glance: Lively Debate with Zingers and Grins
- Marama Davidson and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer brought excitement.
- Winston Peters and David Seymour brought controversy.
- Peters and Seymour were flanked by besuited bouncers.
- Davidson praised Peters, saying 'He taonga te kaumatua'.
The charming Kent town where Sir Winston Churchill once lived: Kent's full of charming towns but one in particular has a very famous connection ...
kentlive.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/charming-kent-town-sir-winston-8791329
Kemi Badenoch: It’s not racist to talk about leaving the ECHR: Sitting behind the desk where Sir Winston Churchill pored over the Royal Navy’s First World War ...
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Dorset manor house with links to Winston Churchill: A beautiful Dorset manor house complete with a heated pool and tennis court is on the market for £2.5 million
bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23809816.dorset-manor-house-links-winston-churchill/
Oldest All Black and centenarian Roy Roper dies: The only All Black to reach 100 years of age, Roy Roper, has died.
rnz.co.nz/news/sport/498085/oldest-all-black-and-centenarian-roy-roper-dies
Joe Biden, the man who won’t call it a day | Commentary: In public, Democrats point to the health of the economy, receding inflation and the high employment rate ...
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"I’ll never retire, I’m 81 and I’ll have to be carried out of the Lobster Pot horizontally," Michael Gartland is the head waiter at the Lobster Pot ... Show more www.independent.ie/business/irish/this-working-life-winston-churchill-would-smoke-a-cigar-right-through-his-meal-charlie-chaplin-was-lovely-bob-dylan-was-not-very-nice-and-sinatra-aloof/a2125889892.html
From Elon Musk to Winston Churchill, why leaders are obsessed with ancient history
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Should we name public holidays after politicians?: THE only thing that ever got anywhere near Winston Churchill’s face was a large cigar. How things have changed ...
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Raffles at the Old War Office Is London's Best New Hotel, With Historic Details
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Cigar smoked by Churchill 60 years ago bought at auction: A Belgian has bought a cigar that was smoked and stubbed out by Sir Winston Churchill 60 years ago ...
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Winston Churchill painting holds a Miami surprise: Historical experts just made the discovery.
axios.com/local/miami/2023/09/01/winston-churchill-painting-miami-surprise
St. Louis obituaries for October 9: Read through the obituaries published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/st-louis-obituaries-for-october-9/collection_c261cc59-2e20-5876-b173-051bd3174765.html
Hemmer and Messner narrate: A little history of the vocoder and a top-secret robot sound
spektrum.de/kolumne/hemmer-und-messner-erzaehlen-vom-vocoder/2177241
Historic pub reopens with new-look paying homage to 1945 Churchill visit: The Swan and Chequers, in Sandbach, has undergone a stunning 12-month refurbishment
stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/historic-pub-reopens-new-look-8694980
O Dolder Grand de Zurique é o Hotel do Ano - como se tornou numa lenda: O "Dolder Grand", onde se hospedaram hóspedes como Churchill e Sophia Loren ...
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This Working Life: ‘Winston Churchill would smoke a cigar right through his meal. Charlie Chaplin was lovely.
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Why town's roads have historical links - and come in pairs: Kings Road in the town is connected to Queens Road, which is also connected to Castle Gate
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Save our cigars!: There’s nothing new about Rishi Sunak’s reported proposals to phase out smoking in Britain. His plan has been borrowed from New Zealand’s ...
spectator.co.uk/article/save-our-cigars/
Old War Office: Churchill's war office becomes a luxury hotel: From the Old War Office, Britain's legendary Prime Minister defended his country against the Nazis ...
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The charming town just outside of Surrey where Winston Churchill once lived: Westerham is just 12 minutes away from Oxted
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Sheffield retro: 16 photos looking back at the 1950s including Winston Churchill visit
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These Indian-origin billionaires, the wealthiest men in the UK, have transformed Winston Churchill's old War Office into a luxury hotel. See photos
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A WW2 bunker has been transformed into a lush holiday home 🤯
On the Jurassic Coast, the stunning spot was once part of Winston Churchill's 'Chain Home' ... Show more www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gallery/bunker-dorset-visit-holiday-where-8719901
Police seeking additional information on Henrico homicide suspects: Henrico County police are seeking information on interactions community members have had with ...
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#VantageReels | Winston Churchill & Franklin Roosevelt Issue The Atlantic Charter
On August 14, 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President ... Show more
Terry Prone: Stop mocking Trump’s supporters and start focusing on what he does: Even after nearly a decade of full-on Donald Trump, media commentators rolling ...
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Churchill's Old War Office To Reopen As Hinduja's Luxury Hotel In UK: Hinduja Group has restored 'The Old War Office' of Britain's World War II era prime ...
indiatimes.com/news/world/churchills-old-war-office-reopen-as-hindujas-hotel-614890.html
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