Tag: Churchill
Netanyahu’s biographer: “He sees himself on a par with Churchill”
What makes Benjamin Netanyahu tick? For seven years, Mazal Mualem interviewed friends, enemies and advisors of Israel’s head of government. She says: The family is crucial for him – including…
Anti-Semitism allegations against playwright Caryl Churchill – Culture
The British author Caryl Churchill was actually supposed to be awarded the “European Playwrights Prize 2022” this month: 75,000 euros in recognition of her entire work – a highly endowed…
History: Queen Mum, Diana, Churchill: Great funeral services in London
story Queen Mum, Diana, Churchill: Big funeral services in London Welsh Guards carry the coffin of Diana, Princess of Wales, draped in the royal standard. photo © Johnny Eggitt/epa/dpa Queen…
Queen Elizabeth and her Prime Ministers – from Churchill to Liz Truss
Queen Elizabeth II is neutrality personified and, in her 70 years on the throne, has installed each and every one of the prime ministers and three female prime ministers into…
Winston Churchill: Famous photo portrait stolen from Ottawa hotel
Canada Famous photo portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Ottawa hotel Former US President George W. Bush in front of the photo portrait of Winston Churchill in Ottawa in 2004…
Queen Elizabeth and her Prime Ministers – from Churchill to Johnson
Queen Elizabeth II is neutrality personified and, in her 60 years on the throne, has installed each and every Prime Minister into office with a smile. Once a week, the…
Battle of Höchstädt: How Churchill tamed the Bavarians – Bavaria
300 years ago, John Churchill, victor of the Battle of Höchstädt, which laid the foundations of Europe, died. He achieved immortal fame – and fascinated an even more famous descendant.…
In the footsteps of a painting by Winston Churchill auctioned in London at Christie’s
One of his previous works, sold by actress Angelina Jolie, soared last year to more than 8 million euros. Several paintings by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will once…
History of Feminism – Churchill and His Bath Sponge – Culture
After the parliament in Manitoba, Canada, rejected women’s suffrage in 1914, the Canadian suffragette Nellie McClung played parliament in the theater: a women’s government receives a men’s delegation who asks…