This accessible book is for anyone who would like to understand more about the architectural history of English churches. Clear & easy to use, the text explains the key components of church architecture-stylistic developments, functional requirements, regional variations, & arcane vocabulary. Readers can equip themselves to explore historic churches knowledgeably, evaluate dates & restoration phases, interpret stained glass & monuments, & make their own discoveries. Written by one of the editors of the Pevsner Architectural Guides & distilling years of experience visiting churches, the book

Includes:: explanations of how to learn more from building plans, tips for further research, searching for clues, & analyzing the evidence.

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There are few figures in British history more famous than Winston Churchill. Renowned for guiding Britain through the tumultuous Second World War, his speeches echo through history, & his wartime leadership was recognised as essential for weathering the WWII. But there is so much more to the man than his speeches & official images. Churchill explores that hidden history in detail, tracking Churchill`s nine-decade life from his early childhood, all the way to his last days. Few characters in history have written as much as Churchill, & his writings & the photographic records happily provide the opportunity to put together a unique illustrated portrait of this remarkable man. Churchill is full of revealing personal letters, documents, & speeches, which draw attention to the unforgettable power of his oratory, which added a heroic dimension to a leader who was undoubtedly a true statesman. That is not to say he was without fault
- the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, the creation of Iraq in 1921, his blind spot over India
- all these contributed to a reputation for unreliability that dogged much of his public life. This results in an exciting, colourful retelling of this political titan`s life, & is most definitely a must-read.

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One of our finest narrative historians, & journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES & LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army officer in the late 19th century, Churchill`s first experience of the Empire was serving in conflicts in India, South Africa & the Sudan. His attitude towards the Empire at the time was the stereotypical Victorian paternalistic approach
- a combination of feeling responsible & feeling superior. Conscious even then of his political career ahead, Churchill`s natural benevolence towards the Empire was occasionally overruled for political reasons, & he found himself reluctantly supporting
- or at least not publicly condemning
- British atrocities. As a politician he consistently relied on the Empire for support during crises, but was angered by any demands for nationalisation. He held what many would regard today as racist views, in that he felt that some nationalities were superior to others, but he didn`t regard those positions as fixed. His (some might say obsequious) relationship with America reflected that view. America was a former colony where the natives had become worthy to rule themselves, but
- he felt
- still had that tie to Britain. Thus he overlooked the frequently expressed American view that the Empire was a hangover from a bygone era of colonisation, & reflected poorly on Britain`s ability to conduct herself as a political power in the current world order. This outmoded attitude was one of the reasons the British voters rejected him after a Second World War in which
- it was universally felt
- he had led the country brilliantly. His attitude remained Victorian in a world that was shaping up very differently. However, it would be a mistake to consider Churchill merely as an anachronistic soldier. He grasped the problems of the Cold War immediately, believing that immature nations prematurely given independence would be more likely to be sucked into the vortex of Communism. This view chimed with American foreign policy, & made the Americans rather more pragmatic about their demands for self-governance for Empire countries. Lawrence James has written a fascinating portrait of an endlessly interesting statesman
- & one that

Includes:: tantalising vignettes about his penchants for silk underwear & champagne.









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Today, as liberty & truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill & Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom & democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision & inspired action, & cast a long shadow across our culture & politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks masterfully argues that these extraordinary men are as important today as they ever were. Churchill & Orwell stood in political opposition to each other, but were both committed to the preservation of freedom. However, in the late 1930s they occupied a lonely position: democracy was much discredited, & authoritarian rulers, fascist & communist, were everywhere in the ascent. Unlike others, they had the wisdom to see that the most salient issue was human liberty
- & that any government that denies its people basic rights is a totalitarian menace to be resisted. Churchill & Orwell proved their age`s necessary men, & this book reveals how they rose from a precarious position to triumph over the enemies of freedom. Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler`s defeat, but Orwell`s reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 & Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War & continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, & to the courage it takes to stay true to it.
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IWM has managed a Film Archive since it was first established in 1917, & the Archive now covers all aspects of conflicts in which British, Commonwealth or former Empire countries have been involved since the start of the twentieth century. The constantly growing collection extends to over 23, 000 hours of moving images, representing a wide & diverse range of material from public & service information films, documentaries & unedited combat film, through to official newsreels & amateur films. ...

You`ve probably heard of Winston Churchill... He`s the one who raised his fingers in a V sign & smoked a massive cigar. But do you want to know more? INSIDE: Get to know the man behind the cigar in Winston`s secret diary! Re-live events of the century in The Winston Weekly! Read how Winston led Britain to victory in the Second World War! ...

Together with his unique selection of images, acclaimed historian Max Arthur`s evocative & insightful narrative text gets to the core of Winston`s character, using his own words & those of some of those closest to him, to provide a comprehensive study of the man & his life. This is a stunning tribute to a remarkable man. When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874, no one could have predicted the path that lay ahead. But, as it turned out, from Winston`s undistinguished academic career to his front-line experiences as a soldier & journalist whether in India, Sudan or Cuba, & during the Boer War or in the trenches of World War I; through his unparalleled political career with all its ups & downs; to his `finest hour` leading Britain during World War II, he was never to be far from the world`s attention. Now the boy, the soldier, the writer, the orator, the politician, the statesman & the family man are all brought to life in this absorbing illustrated book, now newly published in paperback. Featuring both letters to ` Mama` from the homesick
- but rebellious
- schoolboy & telegrams to Stalin, it highlights some of the most gripping communications from the Churchill Archives. Facsimiles of h&-annotated speech notes are paired with fascinating memorabilia, such as the poster for the reward for his capture during the Boer War, a specimen of one of his infamous cigars, a favourite gramophone record & his Parliamentary despatch box. This book also showcases pictures from his family photograph collection, providing a more intimate portrait of Churchill the husb&, the family man & even Churchill the animal lover. Exhaustively researched, Churchill: The Life

Includes:: previously unpublished images
- such as Winston as a cadet at Harrow & his casket`s final journey into Bladon cemetery
- as well as rare images of him as a baby & specially shot artefacts from family archives.





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When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874, no one could have predicted the path that lay ahead. But, as it turned out, from Winston`s undistinguished academic career to his front-line experiences as a soldier & journalist whether in India, Sudan or Cuba, & during the Boer War or in the trenches of World War I; through his unparalleled political career with all its ups & downs; to his `finest hour` leading Britain during World War II, he was never to be far from the world`s attention. Now the boy, the soldier, the writer, the orator, the politician, the statesman & the family man are all brought to life in this absorbing illustrated book. Featuring both letters to ` Mama` from the homesick
- but rebellious
- schoolboy & telegrams to Stalin, it highlights some of the most gripping communications from the Churchill Archives. Facsimiles of h&-annotated speech notes are paired with fascinating memorabilia, such as the poster for the reward for his capture during the Boer War, a specimen of one of his infamous cigars, a favourite gramophone record & his Parliamentary despatch box. This book also showcases pictures from his family photograph collection, providing a more intimate portrait of Churchill the husb&, the family man & even Churchill the animal lover. Exhaustively researched, Churchill: The Life

Includes:: previously unpublished images
- such as Winston as a cadet at Harrow & his casket`s final journey into Bladon cemetery
- as well as rare images of him as a baby & specially shot artefacts from family archives. Together with his unique selection of images, acclaimed historian Max Arthur`s evocative & insightful narrative text gets to the core of Winston`s character, using his own words & those of some of those closest to him, to provide a comprehensive study of the man & his life. This is a stunning tribute to a remarkable man.





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” It is well to remember that the stomach governs the world.”--Winston Churchill ” Mrs. Landemare`s food is distinguished. She is an inspired intuitive cook.”--Clementine Churchill ” Churchill`s Cookbook” provides fascinating insight into what the legendary prime minister ate during World War II, containing over three hundred delicious recipes created by his personal cook, Georgina Landemare. The celebrity cook of her day, Landemare specialized in creating sumptuous feasts for England`s nobility. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, she devoted her full-time services to the Churchill family, declaring ” This will be my war work!” She worked for the prime minster throughout the war; she was up at dawn preparing his breakfast & remained steadfastly in the kitchen until after his last whiskey at night. On VE Night, Churchill told her that he could not have managed through the war without her. With an introduction by Phil Reed, director of the Churchill War Rooms, ” Churchill`s Cookbook” marks the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill`s death & the seventieth anniversary of VE Day. Covering mouth-watering cakes, biscuits, & puddings; healthy salads; & warming soups; this timely publication revives some forgotten British classics & reveals the food that sustained Churchill during his finest hours. ...

There is no reason why you should have heard of Geoffrey Pyke. After his suicide in 1948 he was described as one of the great geniuses of his time, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains today, as The Times put it, `one of the most original if unrecognised figures` of the twentieth century. Inventor, escapee, campaigner, war correspondent, Pyke was an unlikely hero of both world wars & is seen today as the father of the U.S. Special Forces. He changed the landscape of British pre-school education, earned a fortune on the stock market, wrote a bestseller & in 1942 convinced Churchill & Lord Mountbatten to build an aircraft carrier out of reinforced ice. He gave birth to the Mass Observation movement, escaped from a German concentration camp, devised an ingenious plan to get ambulances & microscopes to the Spanish Republicans for free & launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. But there was another side to this man. Pyke, it seems, was a man with a secret. In 2009 MI5 released a mass of material suggesting that Pyke was in fact a senior official in the Soviet Comintern. In 1951 papers relating to Pyke were found in the flat of ` Cambridge Spy` Guy Burgess after his defection to Moscow. MI5 had `watchers` follow Pyke through the bombed-out streets of London, his letters were opened & listening devices picked up clues to his real identity. Convinced he was a Soviet agent codenamed ` Professor P`, MI5 helped to bring his career to an end. It is only now, more than sixty years after his death, that Geoffrey Pyke`s astonishing story can be told in full. Churchill`s Iceman is a many-faceted account of this enigmatic man`s genius, & reveals him as one of the great innovators of the last century. ...