Winston Churchill’s great nephew the Duke of Marlborough charged with strangulation The Duke of Marlborough, Jamie Spencer-Churchill, is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025
Is democracy the worst form of government – apart from all the others? We asked 5 experts Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that democratic institutions are under strain. The Conversation · Dec 17, 2025
Friday essay: experts are predicting a stock market crash – what does 1929 have to teach us? Winston Churchill has just arrived in New York City. It is October 6 1929. Travelling with several members of his family, the British statesman checks into the Plaza Hotel, synonymous with wealth and celebrity – and certainly not cheap. But that’s no concern for Churchill: the cost of his stay… The Conversation · Dec 11, 2025
Paris Hosts the Real-Life Bridgerton Ball: Le Bal 2025 Debs Include Princesses, Heiresses, and Scandal-Plagued Aristocrats Le Bal des Débutantes 2025 brought together royalty, Hollywood offspring, and fashion heirs at Paris's Shangri-La Hotel, featuring debutantes from the Spencer-Churchill, Orléans-Bourbon, and Herrera families. International Business Times UK · Dec 1, 2025
An Antidote to the FDR Cult A new biography presents Franklin Roosevelt as one of the greatest scoundrels of American political history. Reason · Nov 25, 2025
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV show over racist Facebook post The 65-year-old insisted he had been hacked after the ‘vile’ post appeared on his social media page Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025
Winston Churchill’s surprising daily habit during Second World War revealed Winston Churchill used to take a nap in the middle of the day during the Second World War, his grandson has revealed. The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025
Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025
Hidden London: James J Fox For almost 240 years, the shop has drawn the great and the good, from Churchill to Oscar Wilde Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2025
Can Netanyahu survive peace? Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel’s long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest, in one year’s time. The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025
Britain's Storied Conservative Party Faces Uncertain Future They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli. International Business Times · Oct 8, 2025
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2025
The Tory conference is a ghost town – even the protesters haven’t bothered to show up IN FOCUS: Any hopes that the event in Manchester would inject some life into the beleaguered party are long gone, write Millie Cooke and Archie Mitchell The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2025
Sir Gary Oldman feels 'very moved' by knighthood Sir Gary Oldman was full of pride as he received his knighthood from Prince William. BANG Premier · Oct 1, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025 Gary Oldman reveals Prince William is a Slow Horses fan as star receives knighthood The 67-year-old said he felt ‘very emotional’ after accepting the honour from William at Windsor Castle on Tuesday
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025 Prince William tells Sir Gary Oldman he wants to ‘wash’ Slow Horses character The star said he felt ‘emotional’ after accepting the honour from Prince William
Barchart · Sep 23, 2025 Three Reasons US Cattle Markets are a Conundrum To borrow a quote from Winston Churchill, the US cattle markets are "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma".
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Donald Trump hails ‘priceless and eternal’ bond between US and Britain at lavish state banquet with King Banquet ends day of pomp, pageantry and protest ahead of second day of visit when focus of US President’s state visit will shift to politics
Bored Panda · Sep 1, 2025 Test Your Knowledge: 28 History Questions Where Picking Wrong Is Actually Right Winston Churchill was a US president. You’re wrong… and in this quiz, that’s exactly what makes you right! History is usually about sticking to the facts, but here we’re turning the tables. Your task is simple: every question has one answer that doesn’t belong, and that’s the one you need…
Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2025 History in the making: inside the Nuremberg trials Uwe Neumahr’s The Writers’ Castle, translated by Jefferson Chase, is about the reporting of the Nuremberg war crimes trial in 1945-6. The title refers to a mock castle outside Nuremberg where most journalists lived and worked when not in the courtroom. (A number who didn’t get in wrote as if…
Bored Panda · Aug 27, 2025 The Triumph And Tragedy Of The 20th Century: 46 Of The Most Important Images These 46 images have become historical artefacts in their own right, after searing themselves into our collective memory.
Marie Claire · Aug 24, 2025 Royal Expert Says Prince William Will Encounter a "Difficult Conversation" Regarding His Latest "Untenable" Decision The Prince of Wales is carving out his own path.
The Conversation · Aug 22, 2025 Why a new ‘iron curtain’ is being built across Europe. This time it’s to keep Russia out In 1946, Winston Churchill announced an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe “from Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic”. This time it is the west that is building the barriers.
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025 Are we about to experience a golden age of lab-grown meat? Lab grown meat sounds like the stuff of sci-fi novels, but it’s not that far from being in our supermarkets, Will Rogers-Coltman investigates
The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025 Where Trump and Putin could meet as presidents expected to reunite for Ukraine ceasefire summit With the summit venue yet to be announced, all eyes are on where the two presidents could meet