“Even today, with fifty million words published about him, CHURCHILL IS MISJUDGED as a warmonger ardent for battle. In reality he hated and feared war,
and struggled to avoid both World Wars in the 20th century.” —RML
Cruise around Britain with Hillsdale College, 1-13 June 2019
The Hillsdale College Cruise in June 2019 is a spectacular journey around Britain. Looking at the calendar, you will find that it coincides with a historic event, the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Around that same time, Hillsdale College Press publishes the final document volume of Winston S. Churchill, the official biography. This marks completion of the great work, fifty-six years since the project began. The longest biography in history, it offers a trove of new material for readers, students and scholars.
Hillsdale cruises have a fine reputation. They are exclusive, high quality educational tours of exciting venues, combined with stimulating on-board lectures on a variety of subjects.…
“Churchill, Suffrage and Black Friday”: excerpted from my article for the Hillsdale College Churchill Project. For the full text, including Churchill’s letters to the head of the Metropolitan Police (22 November 1910) and to Prime Minister Asquith (21 December 1911), click here.
A London University student writes for help with his dissertation. Its topic is the relationship between Home Secretary Winston Churchill, the Metropolitan Police, and their handling of women’s suffrage demonstrators in November 1910. His questions illustrate Churchill’s domestic statesmanship. Our answers refute the belief that Churchill stridently opposed women’s suffrage except on isolated occasions in political tactics.…
In 1927, Winston Churchill wrote to his wife Clementine, “I am becoming a film fan.” He installed projection equipment for movies at Chequers, the country home of British prime ministers, in 1943, and at his family home Chartwell in 1946.
“Churchill and the Movies” is the final event by Hillsdale’s Center for Constructive Alternatives in the 2018-19 academic year. It explores two movies regarded as Churchill’s favorites and two biographical movies in historical context. My lecture addresses Henry V with Laurence Olivier. We will discuss Churchill’s understanding of Shakespeare, and application of the lessons of The Bard’s plays.…
