Winston's words of warning 9th November 2020 Boris Johnson is in deep trouble. Will he be able to rescue his reputation and his political authority? In a letter published in The Sunday Times on November 8... Articles
Captain Anthony Eden M.C. 5th November 2020 A lengthy report in The Times on November 2 gave details of a forthcoming auction of the Military Cross and other medals awarded to Anthony Eden during the... Articles
Churchill's scheme for English regions 19th October 2020 There are some who advocate the creation of a parliament for England now that the other three parts of the United Kingdom have their own legislatures. In a... Articles
A doctor in the house? 9th October 2020 At the White House, American presidents have all their wants supplied; at No 10, prime ministers are not nearly so well served. That was the theme of an... Articles
Royal D-Day command to Churchill 7th October 2020 On October 3, The Times reported that a former railway station at Droxford in Hampshire, visited by Churchill shortly before D-Day, was about to be sold. Its... Articles
Slave trade obsession comes to Westminster 6th October 2020 On 1 October, The Daily Telegraph reported that the parliamentary art collection, which has already been weeded of many portraits with slave trade connections... Articles
Does Boris Johnson have a brilliant mind? 21st September 2020 He is undoubtedly extremely clever, but his flaws are numerous. Alistair Lexden pointed out some of them in a letter in The Sunday Times on September 20—the... Articles
Boris Johnson and the Lords - more trouble ahead? 7th September 2020 His list of 36 new peers published on 31 July attracted widespread criticism on account of its size and of the unsuitability of a number of those on it... Articles
The Second Festival of Britain 2nd September 2020 2022 is the date that has been fixed for it, just over 70 years after the first Festival of Britain in 1951. On August 31, The Daily Telegraph reported that the... Articles