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London’s mayor was accused of caving in to mob rule last night by covering up Winston Churchill’s statue. Sadiq Khan is shielding key public monuments – including the Cenotaph – ahead of anti-racism protests on Saturday. But Priti Patel called on the mayor to uncover the bronze sculpture immediately. ‘We should free Churchill, a hero of … Read more
The Black Lives Matter protester who ‘tagged’ the statue of Winston Churchill said he did it because Britain’s greatest Prime Minister was a ‘confirmed racist’ who cared more about colonialism than black people. The masked young man, who is being searched for by the Metropolitan Police today for the vandalism in Parliament Square, claimed that … Read more
A group of volunteers including four Army cadets cleaned up a memorial to Winston Churchill in London this morning after it was defaced by activists during yesterday’s violent Black Lives Matter protests. The men scrubbed graffiti off the statue one day after the phrase ‘was racist’ was added in spray paint by protesters below the … Read more
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
At the height of the Blitz, Winston Churchill glimpsed a sight which left him sobbing. Driving out of London, he saw people waiting patiently in line by the roadside and so he told his driver to stop. He asked one of his private secretaries, John Martin, to investigate. Martin climbed back in to the car … 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
A technical officer at the World Health Organisation warns us that drinking alcohol is an ‘unhelpful coping strategy’ during the lockdown. Well, I know that in these grim times we’re all expected to defer to the experts. But where this particular piece of advice is concerned, I fear I must beg to differ. What’s more, … 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