Bengal Famine Archives - Richard M. Langworth

Mr. Gandhi — L-R: Muslim leader Mohammed Ali Jinnah, pro-unity theologian Abul Kalam Azad, Archibald Wavell and Mohandas Gandhi negotiating at Simla Bazaar, 1940s. (Indian copyright expired; public domain)

“Why Hasn’t Gandhi Died Yet?” Another Churchill Non-quotation

9 August 2022 Comments 0 Comments

Wavell did write this, but it was not a quote—and fairly peevish itself. Why don’t the critics publish what Churchill actually said? Here it is: "Surely Mr. Gandhi has made a most remarkable recovery, as he is already able to take an active part in politics. How does this square with the medical reports upon which his release on grounds of ill-health was agreed to by us? In one of these we were told that he would not be able to take any part in politics again."

Churchll’s “Aryan Stock” Quotation: Principles, Facts and Heresies

30 November 2020 Comments 5 Comments

An essay on Churchill’s 146th birthday. “The Aryan stock is bound to triumph”

Sufferers from “Churchill Derangement Syndrome” hold “Aryan stock” high among Winston Churchill’s appalling utterances. The remark rose again in correspondence with a journalist. I dug out for him the background of that remark, but his report omitted it. Out of context the quote is misleading, so I guess that’s just as well. But rather than write off several hours’ research, the facts might here serve to advance reality.

Wales in its Welsh Wisdom is thinking of moving statues of Churchill, Nelson and Gandhi to a museum, the Daily Telegraph informs us.…

Petition Response to Churchill High School: Please Keep Your Name

22 August 2020 Comments 3 Comments

This is a reply to a July petition to rename Winston Churchill High School, Bethesda, Maryland. Founded in 1964 as Potomac High School, its name was changed the following year to mark Sir Winston’s passing. It is a distinguished school whose alumni include two sons of the late Jack Kemp, both of whom pursued their famous father’s sport. Jeffrey Allan Kemp (’77) was an NFL quarterback; his brother Jimmy Kemp (’89) played in the CFL and is president of the Jack Kemp Foundation. State Senator Cheryl Kagan (’79) serves in the Maryland legislature.…