White House Archives - Richard M. Langworth

It’s Baaaack! The Winston Churchill Bust Furore, Round 3

26 January 2021 Comments 0 Comments

N.B. The Epstein story is expanded in The American Spectator, 30 January.

It seems that every four or eight years we must have a Great Media Hoedown over a bust of Winston Churchill by Jacob Epstein arriving at, or departing, the White House. The revolving door bust belongs to the British Embassy. It has twice resided on loan in the Oval Office. Ipso facto, it has twice returned to the Embassy. Perhaps it should hang on a Zip line between the two buildings to convenience the spirit of the moment.

Whenever the Epstein makes a trip back or forth, the media explodes in speculation.…

Churchill’s Ersatz Meeting with Lincoln’s Ghost

31 January 2018 Comments 5 Comments

Unless the ghost of Abraham Lincoln was in the habit of switching rooms, he is unlikely to have appeared in Churchill's bedroom (which was not the famous Lincoln Bedroom). Even less likely did the apparition appear as Churchill was emerging from his bath.