Book to share - May 2026 PINNEDWinston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 1948-54, he published six volumes of memoirs. They secured his reputation and shaped our understanding... See More »
Greatness is perhaps problematic, but...Few great statesmen have also been great historians. In the 20th century, only Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill combined these two talents, and in both cases, one could say, following Clausewitz's formula, that writing history was the... See More » (1)
What is a truly great man?The ambitions of Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin and Mao were built of the sacrifice of millions of people. And with pitifully little to show in the aftermath. The ambition of Charles de Gaulle, however, was just to rescue his homeland France from its... See More » (3)
How many people in the one cave?During much of the Stone Age over in Europe there was nothing much else than ice and virgin forestry. People were hunters and gatherings that were moving place to place. I've always wondered about that. How about if their journey wasn't that lineair... See More »
Looking away from real darknessSome amongst us find that some words are used too easily. You know what I mean when I mention here only two: Fascist and Holocaust. Have you ever thought that the resurgence of those words and the commentary that they provoke does mean that we're... See More » (1)
The Nobel Prize goes to...Winston Churchill. Look at what happened only this week on the world stage and a distant voice comes to ear. One movie made of his so-called wilderness years, The Gathering Storm (2002), is still on show for us to recognise what the great man was... See More » (1)
