Richard M. Langworth - Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian

Churchill fought and lost many a battle. He fought tyranny and he won. THE GENIUS OF CHURCHILL, William Buckley said, ‘was his union of affinities of the heart and of the mind. The total fusion of animal and spiritual energy.’” —RML

A Love of the (Hot-Water) Bottle: Wartime Anecdotes

26 July 2017 Comments 0 Comments

Living Hot-Water Bottle

Q. “Rab” Butler, Churchill’s Minister of Education in 1941-45 and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1951-55, recalled that Churchill once told him he was doing less for the war effort than Churchill’s grey cat Nelson, who saved fuel and power by acting as a Prime Ministerial hot-water bottle. True?

A. Yes. Butler said this in a speech to the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Society of Edmonton, Alberta. (This was the original Churchill Society, the only one sanctioned by Churchill personally). Butler spoke at their annual dinner on 6 May 1968.…

“Rascals, etc….”: Churchill & India

22 July 2017 Comments 27 Comments

“Rascals, Rogues and Freebooters”

“Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles.”

The statement above is attributed to Churchill. I cannot find it, as a speech or in a book. Although it is widely and increasingly quoted in the Indian press and, given what is happening, he seems to have been prophetic! —K.P., India

I searched for this line, and isolated key word combinations (rascals, etc.), without success.…

Churchill Myth and Reality at Nashville, Oct. 14th

21 July 2017 Comments 0 Comments

Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 14—

The Churchill Society of Tennesse e announces its autumn banquet program in Nashville on the evening of Saturday October 14th. Our guest speaker, Richard M. Langworth, CBE will discuss “Winston Churchill: Current Contentions.” For banquet tickets please contact Richard H Knight, Jr., rhklwk@bellsouth.net.

Residing in Moultonborough, New Hampshire and Eleuthera, Bahamas, Langworth is a writer and publisher of works on Winston S. Churchill and automotive history. His newest book is Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Did and Said (McFarland, August).

Churchill Works

Langworth is also author or editor of A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, Churchill in His Own Words, Churchill By Himself and nine other books about Churchill.…

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