Requests to borrow the painting for exhibitions of Sutherland’s work were denied. In 1978, it was reported that Lady Spencer-Churchill had destroyed the painting within a year of its arrival at Chartwell, by breaking it into pieces and having them incinerated to prevent it from causing further distress to herRead More →

Churchill expected the unconditional surrender of Germany and Italy to the three great powers: Great Britain, the United States and the USSR. With victory would come the disarmament of the defeated, but not their destruction; peace would not be punitive. Was Winston Churchill a good Prime Minister? Winston Churchill wasRead More →