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1 day ago · In 1908, Churchill married Clementine Hozier – a happy marriage which would last until his death and the couple would go on to have five children – Randolph, Mary, Diana, Sarah and Marigold. He became Prime Minister in 1940 and successfully (and charismatically) guided Britain through the second world war.
7 hours ago · I did not feel out of place, but I reckoned I was probably the most ignorant person in the building, like someone who lives for NASCAR suddenly finding himself in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery and recognizing only a handful of worthies — Princess Diana, Shakespeare, and Churchill — and bewildered by the rest.
7 hours ago · Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill (10’s) 50 × 124 mm (4⅞″) Robusto. RAP JUN 23. Mostly. Clearance The taste is confectionary. In the Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill, it takes the best aspect of the exhibicion number 4 (anise, rosewater, cherry) and turbocharges the choc aspect. …. Morello cherries, peanut / oat biscuit, toasted tobacco.
7 hours ago · Episode 425 (A reminder of The People’s Choice plan.Once a month, I shall list the four oldest books on the TBR, then the next four, and so on, and each time you will select the one you think I should read, either because you’ve read and enjoyed it, or because you think the blurb looks good.
32 minutes ago · A senior government official tells Playbook today’s statement will show “real urgency” and deliver “swift action now.” But in the Commons last night, Sunak did not rise to campaigning MP Diana Johnson’s hope for payments “by the end of this year.” No one needs reminding at this point, but: Two more victims die each week.
7 hours ago · On the other side is Hamas, which precipitated the war with its mass murder, rape and kidnapping on Oct. 7, and whose officials pledge to do it “again and again.” Lumping them together is a slander for the history books. Imagine some international body prosecuting Tojo and Roosevelt, or Hitler and Churchill, amid World War II.
7 hours ago · A new California law declares that disparate racial impact in sentencing rates of convicts, regardless of the felon's individual criminal history, is prima facie proof of systemic racism and justification for a reduced sentence for black criminals. From City Journal: California’s Looming Crime Catastrophe Heather Mac Donald Recent legislation makes it easier for felons to claim racial bias ...
