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The same story was retreaded by the South China Morning Post on 12 April. To its credit (and this is a well-regarded newspaper), the Post published a rebuttal four days later. (The historian this refers to but does not mention is Arthur Herman, published by the Hillsdale College Churchill Project.)

Assault of 10 October: Historian Andrew Roberts was attacked for, besides overlooking old chestnuts, two new ones. Apparently Churchill drove Gertrude Bell to suicide and devalued the pound. Somehow, however, when he ran the treasury, the pound gained in value. Response on this website.

Assault of 5 October: Retired U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a point about civic decency: “One of the greatest leaders of modern times, Sir Winston Churchill said, ‘in victory, magnanimity.’” Matthew D’Ancona nicely wrote in the Evening Standard: “Like a meteor storm bombarding a capsule in orbit, furious trolls attacked him on social media.” Churchill was “as good as Hitler.” He was responsible for the Bengal Famine.  He was a bigot, mass-murderer and racist. Kelly folded like a three-dollar suitcase. “Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill. My apologies. I will go and educate myself further on his atrocities, racist views which I do not support.” This baloney was most importantly refuted by Andrew Roberts in the Daily Telegraph:  “Of course Churchill was a great leader. It was utterly craven of Scott Kelly to apologise for saying so.” (Text available upon request.)

Assault of 19 March; David Olusoga, “Historian blames Churchill for war crimes in Africa and famine, BBC.  (Bengal famine, treatment of China and India.) Response by Andrew Roberts in The Sun.

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Assault of 15 March: Adrija Roychowdhury, “An unpopular racist,” Indian Express (Praising Mussolini, preferring Nazis to Communists, Bengal famine, poison gas.) Response by Richard Langworth in the Comments section (limited to 1000 characters and no links).

Assault of 10 March: Shashi Tharoor, “Hollywood rewards a mass murderer,” Washington Post. (Bengal famine, bombing Irish protesters, poison gas, hating Indians.) Response by Soren Geiger, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, in The American Spectator.

Assault of 9 March: Shree Paradkar, “Winston Churchill, the barbaric monster,” Toronto Star. (Bengal famine, Kenya, Greece, “Aryan stock” quote.) Response by Terry Reardon, Hillsdale College Churchill Project.

Assault of 2 March: “…The Castlerosse Affair,” Journal of Contemporary History. (Written version of Churchill’s supposed affair with Doris Castlerosse.) Response by Richard Langworth, American Spectator.

Assault of 25 February: “Churchill’s Secret Affair,” UK Channel 4. (Churchill cheated on his wife in a four-year affair.) Response by Andrew Roberts, The Spectator & Hillsdale Churchill Project.

Assault of 23 February: Tom Blackwell, “Some wonder if he was more war criminal…” National Post. (Bengal famine, though in this one case the author does quote a few defenders.). Response on this website.

Assault of 23 January: Louise Raw, “…Don’t forget his problematic past,” The Independent. (Kenya, Bengal Famine, Welsh strikers, hate for Indians, Islamophobia, etc.) Response on Facebook.