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A cigar smoked by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he planned D-Day has been discovered - after being hidden for more than 60 years. Christian Williams, 33, was given the artefact when he was just 12 by his grandfather...
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, we knew what Mary Landrieu was, and now we’ve established her price. I expect that quite a few Democratic Senators are going to go the Anh “Joseph”... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my...
Toronto hosts an international conference celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species Investment banker Garrett Herman already has the rote trappings of success: the vintage wine cellar, fine...
The U.S. Prepared for War While Trying to Protect its Interests The American military and political machine was set in motion and did not stop until the war was won. However, with the international political and military...
by: Joe Eqcome November 20, 2009 | about: Having the privilege to have met Sir John Templeton, the founder of The Templeton Funds, I was stuck not only by his crushing intellect but also by his sense of optimism regarding...
On Monday we went to the National Theatre to see Alan Bennett's new play, The Habit of Art, about a fictional meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. It was the performance before press night, so there had been no...
Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News] After five months on book leave, it is nice to be back in the Daily News. I hope all has been well for everybody since June. As for Turkey, many new events and debates...
By Siddique Malik Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." In my humble opinion, one of the factors that impede smooth functioning of democracy is...
Storm on Sea by Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky, 1899 Remember Winston Churchill’s words to Harrow School on a visit in October of 1941: Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large...
By Alan Beattie, the FT’s world trade editor Look, not my specialist subject, but here’s my eurocent’s-worth on the appointment of the Baroness High Representative and the Lord High Everything Else. (Incidentally, I’d have...
