query: who played winston churchill in the darkest hour movie

pos: Darkest Hour (film) Darkest Hour (film) Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. Set in May 1940, it stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister during World War II, while Nazi Germany's "Wehrmacht" swept across Western Europe and threatened to defeat the United Kingdom. The German advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler, and Churchill, who refused. The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen

pos: The Darkest Hour Hour" was used for the title of the 2017 film "Darkest Hour", which starred Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and was set in May 1940. The Darkest Hour "The Darkest Hour" is a phrase coined by British prime minister Winston Churchill to describe the period of World War II between the Fall of France in June 1940 and the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 (totaling 363 days, or 11 months and 28 days), when the British Empire and Commonwealth stood alone (or almost alone after the Italian invasion of Greece) against the Axis Powers in Europe.

pos: Darkest Hour (film) Darkest Hour (film) Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. Set in May 1940, it stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister during World War II, while Nazi Germany's "Wehrmacht" swept across Western Europe and threatened to defeat the United Kingdom. The German advance leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler, and Churchill, who refused. The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen

pos: Lays of Ancient Rome at Rezang La in memory of the 13th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army. Sir Winston Churchill memorised the "Horatius" poem in his childhood, and used it to exhort the cabinet to stand and fight in World War II, when Britain was facing the threat of invasion by Germany. This scene is depicted in the movie "Into The Storm", with Brendan Gleeson as Churchill; a slightly different version appears in "Darkest Hour", with Gary Oldman portraying Churchill. Lays of Ancient Rome Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of

pos: Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Buyers Club" as Ron Woodroof † 2014: Michael Keaton – "Birdman" as Riggan Thomson ‡ 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – "The Revenant" as Hugh Glass † 2016: Casey Affleck – "Manchester by the Sea" as Lee Chandler † 2017: Gary Oldman – "Darkest Hour" as Winston Churchill † 2018: Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2000: Russell Crowe – "Gladiator" as Maximus Decimus Meridius †

pos: Darkest Hour (film) On 5 February 2015, it was announced that Working Title Films had acquired "Darkest Hour", a speculative screenplay by "The Theory of Everything" screenwriter Anthony McCarten, about Winston Churchill in the early days of World War II. On 29 March 2016, it was reported that Joe Wright was in talks to direct the film. In April 2016, Gary Oldman was reported to be in talks to play Churchill. On 6 September 2016, it was announced that Focus Features would release the film in the United States on 24 November 2017, while Ben Mendelsohn was set to play King George VI

pos: Darkest Hour (film) audience was over the age of 25, with 30% being 50 or older. The following weekend the film made $5.5 million, and a total of $7 million over the four-day New Years frame. The weekend of 27 January 2018, following the announcement of the film's six Oscar nominations, it made $2.1 million. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 277 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Darkest Hour is held together by Gary Oldman's electrifying performance, which brings Winston Churchill to life even when the

pos: Darkest Hour (film) speech live from Parliament. This was impossible because radio broadcasts from Parliament did not start until the 1970s. Whilst Churchill did record the speech for posterity, he did not make the recording until 1949. Nor did he, unlike some other speeches, repeat that speech on the radio shortly after giving it in Parliament. Gary Oldman has said that there is talk of a sequel to "Darkest Hour" that could also include President Franklin D. Roosevelt (who had been voiced by David Strathairn in "Darkest Hour") and take place during the Yalta Conference in 1945. Darkest Hour (film) Darkest Hour is

pos: Douglas Urbanski stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, as well as "Hunter Killer", which stars Gerard Butler. Urbanski produced "Darkest Hour" (2017), which stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and was written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Joe Wright. Oldman won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Churchill and thanked Urbanski during his speech. In 2018, Urbanski, will be an executive producer of Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat, which stars Gary Oldman and Meryl Streep. Urbanski is married to television producer Diane Wilk ("The Nanny") and they live in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs. He is Catholic. Douglas

pos: Stephen Dillane series about British monarch Elizabeth II. In 2017, Dillane appeared in two biopics, playing Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax in Joe Wright's "Darkest Hour", starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and writer William Godwin, the father of "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley, in the film "Mary Shelley. Dillane has two sons with actress-director Naomi Wirthner: Seamus and actor Frank Dillane, who is best known for playing the young Tom Riddle in the film adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and Nick Clark on AMC's "Fear The Walking Dead". Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane (born 27 March 1957) is

pos: Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Casey Affleck – "Manchester by the Sea" as Lee Chandler 2017: Gary Oldman – "Darkest Hour" as Winston Churchill Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. 1990: Jeremy Irons as Sunny von Bülow – "Reversal of Fortune" 1991: Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter – "The Silence of the Lambs" 1992: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X – "Malcolm X"

pos: Rose Bruford College awarded Rose Bruford College degrees. Students already enrolled but not graduated by 2017 will be offered the option of receiving either Rose Bruford or Manchester degrees. In December 2017 Clarie Middleton was appointed as the Principal and Chief Executive, becoming the second female Principal of the college. In 2018, Bruford graduate Gary Oldman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the film "Darkest Hour". The Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama was established in 1950 by teacher Rose Elizabeth Bruford, with the help of poet laureate John Masefield, Laurence Olivier, and

pos: Kazuhiro Tsuji Tsuji created the prosthetics which turned Joseph Gordon-Levitt into a young Bruce Willis for "Looper". After his work on "Looper", Tsuji decided to leave the film business and focus on sculpture crafting giant busts of people such as Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Abraham Lincoln, and his mentor Dick Smith. In 2017, Gary Oldman talked Tsuji out of retirement to create the Winston Churchill prosthetics for "Darkest Hour". Oldman had been considered for the role of General Thade in Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" film (the role went to his " Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" co-star, Tim Roth) and

pos: Academy Award for Best Actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year. Since its inception, the award has been given to 80 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has received the most awards in this category with three Oscars. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2018 ceremony, Gary Oldman is the most recent winner in this category for portraying former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour". In the following table, the years are

neg: Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 still working on adding content to the game. Some original Red Orchestra maps and stuff have been added to the mod. Currently, some work has begun on adding Mare Nostrum content, another mod for Red Orchestra 41-44, to Darkest Hour. The game is still played activily every Europe evening. "Darkest Hour" made it into ModDB's top 100 unreleased mods of 2007. Egames.de, a prominent German gaming website, featured the game upon its release. "The Darkest Hour" is a phrase coined by British prime minister Winston Churchill to describe the period of World War II between the fall of France in

neg: Ronald Pickup film "Secret Passage" alongside John Turturro. In 2005, he had a supporting role in the family-based film, "The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby" and the science fiction TV movie "Supernova". In 2012, he played one of the main characters, bachelor Norman Cousins, in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". He reprised the role in the sequel, "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", released in 2015. In the 2017 film "Darkest Hour", Pickup portrays Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Great Britain in his last days, as he cedes power to Winston Churchill in the early months of World War II. Pickup is married

neg: The Darkest Hour The Darkest Hour "The Darkest Hour" is a phrase coined by British prime minister Winston Churchill to describe the period of World War II between the Fall of France in June 1940 and the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 (totaling 363 days, or 11 months and 28 days), when the British Empire and Commonwealth stood alone (or almost alone after the Italian invasion of Greece) against the Axis Powers in Europe. The phrase "The Darkest Hour" is particularly used for the time when the United Kingdom appeared to be under direct threat of invasion; following the

neg: Gary Oldman starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve, and Gal Gadot. In 2017, Oldman played three film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur in "The Space Between Us", a dictatorial President in "The Hitman's Bodyguard", and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour"—his portrayal of Churchill garnered critical acclaim. Oldman's transformation into the wartime Prime Minister took 200 hours in the makeup chair, 14 pounds of foam silicon, and $20,000 worth of Cuban cigars, which caused him nicotine poisoning. In 2018, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture

neg: Darkest Hour (film) the resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for being too weak in the face of the Nazi onslaught. Chamberlain tells Conservative Party advisers that he wants Lord Halifax as his successor, but Halifax does not feel the time is right. Chamberlain is forced to choose the only man whom the opposition parties will accept: Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Churchill tries to dismiss his new secretary Elizabeth Layton for mis-hearing him, which earns him a rebuke from his wife Clementine. King George VI, who strongly distrusts Churchill, reluctantly invites him to form a government. Churchill includes

neg: Lily James to PM Winston Churchill, in the film "Darkest Hour". She headlined the World War II drama "The Exception", playing a British agent posing as a servant to the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. James starred as the younger version of Meryl Streep's character, Donna Sheridan, in the sequel to "Mamma Mia!", titled "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again". The film was released in July 2018. James played author Juliet Ashton in the 2018 period dramedy "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" who exchanges letters with the residents of Guernsey, an island off the coast of Normandy that was German-occupied

neg: Darkest Hour (film) a tube-travelling, minority-adoring genius, in line with a general understanding of him as 'the greatest Briton of all time'." Hirsch also criticized the film for "perpetuating the idea that Winston Churchill stood alone, at the Darkest Hour, as Nazi fascism encroached, with Britain a small and vulnerable nation isolated in the north Atlantic. In reality the United Kingdom was at that moment an imperial power with the collective might of Indian, African, Canadian and Australian manpower, resources and wealth at its disposal." The film gives the impression that both Clemmie and the King were able to listen to the 'beaches'

neg: Elizabeth Nel They had a son and two daughters. Her husband died in 2000. She is portrayed in the 2017 British film "Darkest Hour" by Lily James where she is portrayed as Churchill's secretary in 1940. In reality she did not start working for Churchill until 1941. In the film, her brother was said to have died during the retreat to Dunkirk. This is fictional. Elizabeth Nel Elizabeth Shakespear Nel (née Layton; 14 June 1917, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England – 30 October 2007, Port Elizabeth, South Africa) was a personal secretary to Winston Churchill from 1941 to 1945. Elizabeth Layton was

neg: Darkest Hour (film) a national government under another leader than Chamberlain, but did not name Churchill. In "The New Yorker", Adam Gopnik wrote: "…in late May of 1940, when the Conservative grandee Lord Halifax challenged Churchill, insisting that it was still possible to negotiate a deal with Hitler, through the good offices of Mussolini, it was the steadfast anti-Nazism of Attlee and his Labour colleagues that saved the day – a vital truth badly underdramatized in the current Churchill-centric film, "Darkest Hour"". This criticism was echoed by Adrian Smith, emeritus professor of modern history at the University of Southampton, who wrote in the

neg: Claude Nicholson (British Army officer) effect than the siege. Hitler and the higher German commanders panicked because of their fears of flank attacks, when the real danger was of the Allies retreating to the coast before they could be cut off. Reinforcements sent from Britain to Boulogne and Calais arrived in time to forestall the Germans and hold them off when they advanced again on 22 May. Nicholson is portrayed by Richard Glover in the 2017 film "Darkest Hour" about Winston Churchill in 1940. In the film, Churchill orders Nicholson to hold out and delay the Germans so that the bulk of the British army

neg: Bertram Ramsay Fareham, the Ramsay Building which was opened by his son in March 2012. His involvement in the evacuation and the D-Day landings has led to several appearances as a character in film and television drama – in "Dunkirk" (1958, played by Nicholas Hannen), "The Longest Day" (1962, played by John Robinson), "Churchill and the Generals" (1979, played by Noel Johnson), "Dunkirk" (2004, played by Richard Bremmer), "" (2004, played by Kevin J. Wilson), "Churchill" (played by George Anton) and "Darkest Hour" (2017, played by David Bamber). Bertram Ramsay Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (20 January 1883 –

neg: Gary Oldman cinema's greatest villains. He meanwhile gave an acclaimed reading of Ludwig van Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved" (1994). In the 21st century, Oldman is known for his roles as Sirius Black in the "Harry Potter" series, James Gordon in "The Dark Knight Trilogy", Lord Shen in "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011), George Smiley in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011), a human leader in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), and Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" (2017), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Films in which he has starred have grossed over $11 billion. In addition to

neg: The Darkest Hour from October 1940 when it defeated the Italian troops until June 1941 when Crete surrendered to the Germans. Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle both praised Greece's exceptional heroism at a point where many peoples were subjugated and the Axis seemed unbeatable. The United States did not formally become involved in the war on the Allied side until after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. However, President Franklin D. Roosevelt clearly sympathized with Britain and other opponents of Germany, and did what he could to quietly assist them within the confines of existing U.S.

neg: Darkest Hour (film) and Kristin Scott Thomas was cast as Clementine Churchill. On 8 November 2016, Stephen Dillane joined the cast. By November 2016, "Darkest Hour" had begun principal photography, and it was reported that Dario Marianelli would score the film. For his role as Churchill, Oldman spent over 200 hours having make-up applied, and smoked over 400 cigars (worth about $20,000) during filming. Filming took place in Manchester, England at both the Town Hall and John Rylands Library, both doubling for the Houses of Parliament and feature heavily in the film. John Hurt was initially cast as British prime minister Neville Chamberlain.

neg: Horatius Cocles Harrow, he gained a prize open to the whole school by reciting the whole twelve hundred lines of Macaulay's poem. A biographical film about Churchill, "Into the Storm" (2009), begins with the much older Churchill reciting from "Horatius". Later in the film, the same verses feature prominently in a nostalgic and morose address Churchill delivers to his war cabinet. Churchill also recites a brief section to himself in a scene in the biographical film "Darkest Hour" (2017). The episode figures prominently in Jessie Pope's 1915 poem "The Longest Odds". The poem celebrates the imagined exploits of a highlander who clears

neg: Darkest Hour (film) (for the first time in his life) and asks the startled passengers their opinion; the civilians unanimously want to continue to fight. Churchill meets with the Outer Cabinet and other Members of Parliament, who also support him. The evacuation of troops from Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo, is successful. As Churchill prepares to address Parliament, Halifax asks Chamberlain to continue with their plan to resign, but Chamberlain decides to listen to the address first. Toward the end of his speech, Churchill proclaims that "we shall fight on the beaches" should the Germans invade. Chamberlain decides to support Churchill, and Parliament applauds the

neg: The Winston Churchill School, Woking The Winston Churchill School, Woking The Winston Churchill School is a comprehensive, secondary school in Woking, England. The school was established in 1967. It is near Knaphill, Bisley, West End, Brookwood and Pirbright. The school holds Specialist Sports College status. The Winston Churchill School received a score of "good" (OFSTED January 2015) with GCSE results above the national average. "The curriculum is a strength of the school...teaching is good with aspects that are outstanding...students behaviour both in and out of classrooms is good" and "students feel safe & secure". Teaching occurs during one-hour lessons with Physical Education (P.E.) lessons twice

neg: Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and went on to play him in several other productions. The series focuses on the decade from 1929 to 1939 during which

neg: Darkest Hour (film) replace him with Halifax, who will capitulate to Hitler's peace terms. The British Expeditionary Force is trapped at Dunkirk and Calais. Against the advice of the War Cabinet, Churchill orders Brigadier Claude Nicholson in Calais to lead the 30th Infantry Brigade in a rear guard action to distract the enemy and buy time for the soldiers at Dunkirk to evacuate. The debacle in France causes the War Cabinet to support negotiating with Germany. George VI unexpectedly visits Churchill; the King encourages the Prime Minister to continue the war. Still uncertain of what to do, Churchill impulsively rides the London Underground

neg: Darkest Hour (film) with Adolf Hitler, sacrificing a large area of Czechoslovakia in return for what Hitler said would be his last territorial claim in Europe, has already been followed by the Germans invading Poland, Norway, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Churchill visits French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud, who thinks Churchill delusional for not at least admitting that the Allies are losing the Battle of France. Halifax and Chamberlain continue to push to use Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Bastianini as intermediary to negotiate with Germany. They plan to resign from the government if Churchill refuses and use a vote of no confidence to

neg: Thrasybulus days when the democracy and empire under Pericles were at their fullest extent, never accepted that the devastating losses Athens had suffered in the Peloponnesian War made the return of those times impossible. Thrasybulus was a capable general, particularly successful in naval warfare, and a competent speaker, but was frequently overshadowed or pushed aside by more charismatic or spectacularly successful leaders. Buck has compared him to Winston Churchill, another advocate of imperial policies who held fast to his beliefs after the tide of history had turned against him, and who rose to his peak of prominence at his country's darkest

neg: Winston Churchill High School (Potomac, Maryland) basketball game between Winston Churchill High School and Walter Johnson High School, Walter Johnson High School students defaced Winston Churchill High School property with vulgar graffiti. The graffiti insulted star basketball player and Brown University lacrosse commit, Reed Moshyedi. This caused $100,000 in damage. Churchill High School offers the following sports: Winston Churchill High School (Potomac, Maryland) Winston Churchill High School, often referred to as WCHS, Churchill High School, CHS or Churchill, is a high school in Potomac, Maryland, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is named after Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman and politician who was

neg: Mr. Churchill Says Mr. Churchill Says "Mr. Churchill Says" is a song written by Ray Davies and released by the Kinks. It appears on the album "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)". The song is about the struggle of World War II on the people of Great Britain. The song paraphrases parts of several of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous speeches including "Never was so much owed by so many to so few", "We shall fight on the beaches" and "This was their finest hour". In addition to Winston Churchill, the song mentions several other political, military and popular

neg: Darkest Hour (film) Prime Minister's defiance. The film ends by stating that Operation Dynamo rescued over 300,000 allied soldiers; and that after the war in Europe ended in 1945, Churchill was voted out of power. American actor David Strathairn provided the voice of President Roosevelt, heard on a phone call with Churchill. Samuel West is credited as playing “Sir” Anthony Eden, though Eden did not become a knight until 1954, when he was appointed to the Order of the Garter. This was the final film role for Benjamin Whitrow, who died, aged 80, a few days after the September premiere of the film.

neg: Knees Up Mother Brown In the 1986 movie "Sweet Liberty", Michael Caine's character, Elliot James, recounts a tale of singing "Knees Up Mother Brown" on the streets of London during World War II. He runs into Winston Churchill, who joins in the singing. In the 1999 movie "The Talented Mr Ripley", Jack Davenport's character, Peter attempts to cheer up Tom (played by Matt Damon) by playing a bit of the tune on the piano. A version with ribald lyrics playing off the "blackout" regulations in WWII-era London is quoted both in Ken Follet's book "Eye of the Needle" (1978) and Laura Wilson's "The Lover"

neg: This was their finest hour the Empire lasts a thousand years men will say, this was their finest hour'". The speech was delivered to the Commons at 3:49 pm, and lasted 36 minutes. Churchill – as was his habit – made revisions to his 23-page typescript right up to and during the speech. The final passage of his typescript was laid out in blank verse format, which Churchill scholars consider reflective of the influence of the Psalms on his oratory style. This was their finest hour "This was their finest hour" is a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the

neg: Winston Churchill High School (Potomac, Maryland) Winston Churchill High School (Potomac, Maryland) Winston Churchill High School, often referred to as WCHS, Churchill High School, CHS or Churchill, is a high school in Potomac, Maryland, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland. The school is named after Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Founded in 1964 as Potomac High School, the school's name was changed to "Winston Churchill High School" a year later. Churchill is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The majority of the students come from Herbert Hoover Middle School

neg: BBC initially to Bristol, and then to Bedford. Concerts were broadcast from the Corn Exchange; the Trinity Chapel in St Paul's Church, Bedford was the studio for the daily service from 1941 to 1945, and, in the darkest days of the war in 1941, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York came to St Paul's to broadcast to the UK and all parts of the world on the National Day of Prayer. BBC employees during the war included George Orwell who spent two years with the broadcaster. During his role as Prime Minister during the Second World War, Winston Churchill would deliver

neg: Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited the 67,340 square kilometers watershed of the Upper Churchill. The Hamilton Falls Power Corporation became to be known as the Churchill Falls Corporation in 1965 when the name of the falls was changed to commemorate former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. CF(L)Co began construction on Churchill Falls Generating Station in 1966 and on May 12, 1969, signed a power contract with Hydro-Québec. The agreement committed Hydro-Québec to buy most of the plant's output at one-quarter of a cent per kilowatt-hour — the exact rate is 0.25425¢ per kilowatt-hour until 2016 and 0.20¢ for the last 25 years of the contract

neg: Winston Churchill High School (Lethbridge) Winston Churchill High School (Lethbridge) Winston Churchill High School (most commonly known as Churchill; also Winston or WCHS) is one of three public secondary schools in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, serving grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. Entry is loosely based on location in north Lethbridge. Locally, Winston Churchill High School is often referred to by one of two aforementioned abridged titles. Individuals without a connection to the school are known to refer to it simply as Winston. This is in contrast with individuals that have dealt more closely with the school, who predominantly refer to it as Churchill. Beginning in

neg: Kenny Otieno Kenny Otieno Kenneth Aoro Otieno (born June 21, 1991) is a Kenyan-Canadian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Saint John Riptide of the National Basketball League of Canada. He played college basketball with Alberta, redshirting two seasons and earning all-conference honors. Born in Nairobi, Otieno was brought up in Edmonton and attended Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge. At the professional level, he has primarily competed in the NBL Canada, although he has spent time in Spain as well. Otieno attended Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge, Alberta, graduating in 2009. Mainly a swingman, he played his

neg: Randolph Churchill of several prominent Britons delivering ""brilliant pacifist speeches [which] echo throughout Europe"", but fail to end the war. Randolph Churchill was played by Nigel Havers in the Southern Television's 1981 drama series, "", set in the decade Winston (played by Robert Hardy) was out of office and Randolph himself attempted to enter parliament. In 2002 Randolph Churchill was portrayed by actor Tom Hiddleston in "The Gathering Storm", the BBC – HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II. ITV TV docudrama "Churchill's Secret", a screenplay based on the book "The Churchill

neg: The Eternal Return (Darkest Hour album) reviewer for "Sputnikmusic" Channing Freeman was less favourable, commenting "While Darkest Hour didn't change much on The Eternal Return, it's still a great metal album that is catchy and fun while still being dark" giving the album three and a half out of five stars. All songs written by Darkest Hour. Darkest Hour Production Art The Eternal Return (Darkest Hour album) The Eternal Return is the sixth studio album by American melodic death metal band Darkest Hour released on June 23, 2009 through Victory Records. The album was produced by Brian McTernan (Senses Fail, Thrice, From Autumn To Ashes) who

neg: The Eternal Return (Darkest Hour album) Studio in Baltimore, Maryland. Darkest Hour had previously worked with McTernan on their 2000 debut album "The Mark of the Judas", and had been a long-time supporter of the band since its formation in 1995. According to Darkest Hour lead guitarist and founding member Mike Schleibaum, Brian McTernan "helped solidify our sound and define us as a band. Eight years later, it's time to do it again. With all the scars of our past to guide us, we look towards a new future." During the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009, Darkest Hour played "No God", the first song from

neg: The Army Hour transmitted signals). Jamming affected not the final AM transmissions in the United States but the shortwave signals that were used to connect remote sources to the main studio. A 1942 newspaper article reported that a Nazi radio station in Germany featuring "a pianist [who] played as loudly as he could" tried to jam a shortwave signal from Dutch Guiana. Columnist Drew Pearson noted another instance, when a speech by Winston Churchill was jammed. Pearson added that the Army had located the sources of the interfering transmissions and "proposes to retaliate if this deliberate interference isn't stopped." By September 1944, however,

neg: Darkest Hour (band) their signing to eOne Music after having been with Victory Records for a decade. The new album will be produced by Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers, who helped pioneer Swedish melodic death metal and was a major influence on Darkest Hour. In an August press release, the band described the new material as "the most emotional and melodic Darkest Hour album to date" and also said it "shares in that aggression with "The Eternal Return" and pushes Darkest Hour beyond the unknown." In a new Metal Injection interview, Darkest Hour members Mike Schleibaum and Ryan Parrish revealed that the new record

neg: Kenny Otieno final roster. Kenny Otieno Kenneth Aoro Otieno (born June 21, 1991) is a Kenyan-Canadian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Saint John Riptide of the National Basketball League of Canada. He played college basketball with Alberta, redshirting two seasons and earning all-conference honors. Born in Nairobi, Otieno was brought up in Edmonton and attended Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge. At the professional level, he has primarily competed in the NBL Canada, although he has spent time in Spain as well. Otieno attended Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge, Alberta, graduating in 2009. Mainly a swingman, he

neg: Randolph Churchill Secret: KBO" by Jonathan Smith. Broadcast in 2016, it starred Michael Gambon, and depicted Winston Churchill during the summer of 1953 when he suffered a severe stroke, precipitating therapy and resignation; the character of Randolph (in a brief appearance) was played by the English actor Matthew Macfadyen. Glossary Randolph Churchill Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was a British journalist, writer and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1940 to 1945. He was the only son of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill. He wrote

neg: Into the Storm (2009 film) Emmy Awards. Brendan Gleeson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. The Second World War has recently ended in Europe, and the people of the United Kingdom are awaiting the results of the 1945 general election. During this time, Winston Churchill goes to France for a holiday with his wife Clemmie. Through a series of flashbacks, Churchill recalls some of his most glorious moments during the war, and the effect it had on their marriage. Winston Churchill has made himself the minister of defence. Because night bombing on continental Europe has been

neg: Churchill High School (Winnipeg) Churchill High School (Winnipeg) Churchill High School is a secondary school in Winnipeg, Manitoba that teaches grades 7 to 12. It is part of the Winnipeg School Division. Located within the boundaries of the Winnipeg School Division, Churchill High School is named after Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965). Sir Winston Churchill was a British statesman, historian and orator who served as the British Prime Minister until 1955. He devoted his powers to seeking world peace. Sir Winston Churchill was described as having the heart of a lion, the courage of a bulldog and a digestive system similar to a

neg: The Eternal Return (Darkest Hour album) The Eternal Return (Darkest Hour album) The Eternal Return is the sixth studio album by American melodic death metal band Darkest Hour released on June 23, 2009 through Victory Records. The album was produced by Brian McTernan (Senses Fail, Thrice, From Autumn To Ashes) who had previously produced Darkest Hour's debut album "The Mark of the Judas" in 2000. The album fulfilled the band's contract with Victory, making it their last release through the label. In September 2008, prior to the recording of "The Eternal Return", Darkest Hour parted ways with guitarist Kris Norris, making this the first album since

neg: Winston Churchill (novelist) another life." In the 1890s, Churchill's writings first came to be confused with those of the British statesman of the same name, who was also an author. At that time, the American was the much better known of the two, and it was the Englishman who wrote to his American counterpart about the confusion their names were causing among their readers. They agreed that the British Churchill should adopt the pen name "Winston Spencer Churchill", using his full surname, "Spencer-Churchill". After a few early editions this was abbreviated to "Winston S. Churchill"—which remained the British Churchill's pen name. The two

neg: Jerry Falwell Jr. in "The Washington Post," Falwell compared Trump to Winston Churchill: "We need a leader with qualities that resemble those of Winston Churchill, and I believe that leader is Donald Trump." A group called the Red Letter Christians, criticized Falwell for the pivotal role he played in "forging the alliance between white evangelicals and Donald J. Trump, who won 81 percent of their vote." Trump, who is a personal friend of Mr. Falwell’s, gave the commencement address in 2017 at Liberty University, Lynchburg which is "at the heart of pro-Trump evangelical Christianity". In August, following a white supremacist terror attack in

neg: Barbara Leaming of Leaming's JFK book, "No previous biographer has focused so sharply on Kennedy's attempts to apply Churchillian thought during his years in the White House." Leaming next told the story of Winston Churchill's last ten years of public life in her book "Churchill Defiant". Writing in "Finest Hour: The Journal of Winston Churchill", Richard M. Langworth said, "Leaming's insight is extraordinary." Leaming's "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story" appeared in 2014. "The Boston Globe" review commented that the book, "provides suggestive evidence that her subject suffered from the clinical symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD." Leaming reconstructed

neg: Davidoff sourced from other countries than the Dominican Republic to diversify their product portfolio. In 2015, Davidoff Cigars released the “Escurio” series, which contained tobaccos sourced from Brazil. In the same year, the cigar line “Winston Churchill” was launched. In 2016, Davidoff Cigars released the “Yamasa” cigar series. Over the years, Davidoff Cigars made changes to its product lineup. These are the cigar series currently on the market: Davidoff Signature Davidoff Grand Cru Davidoff Aniversario Davidoff Millennium Davidoff Nicaragua & Nicaragua Box Pressed Davidoff Escurio Davidoff Yamasa Davidoff Winston Churchill & The Late Hour Davidoff Special Releases (Chinese New Year, Royal

neg: International Churchill Society Speakers have spanned the political and cultural spectrum: William F. Buckley, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr, Alistair Cooke, William Manchester, Andrew Roberts, Lord Watson of Richmond, David Lough, Sir David Cannadine members of the Churchill family, and many others. While the International Churchill Society's view of its subject is naturally positive, it is not hagiographic and publishes critiques as well as praise. According to Roosevelt-Churchill historian Warren Kimball, ""Finest Hour" has become a serious (and still entertaining) journal, earning the sobriquet 'The Journal of Winston Churchill,' which has taken Churchill from the clutches of the worshipful and given him over to the

neg: Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute Frisbee, Rugby, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, and many others. After many years a football program has been reintroduced, with Churchill teaming up with Bendale BTI. The school colours were originally scarlet and silver, as an ode to the coat of arms of Winston Churchill, they have since been changed to black, white, grey and purple after a deal with the Western Ontario Mustangs team. The Churchill mascot is the Winston Churchill Bull Dog. The school has a big painting of a bull dog in the schools upper gym . Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute (Winston Churchill CI, WCCI,

neg: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill. The first two were published in the 1980s by author and historian William Manchester, who died while working on the last volume. However, before his death, Manchester had selected Paul Reid to complete it, and the final volume was published in November 2012. The 973-page volume was published in 1983. In 2011, the book was placed on "Time" magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. The 756-page volume was published in 1988. The 1232-page

neg: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was published on November 6, 2012, 24 years after the publication of the previous volume. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill. The first two were published in the 1980s by author and historian William Manchester, who died while working on the last volume. However, before his death, Manchester had selected Paul Reid to complete it, and the final volume was published in November 2012. The 973-page volume was published in 1983. In 2011, the

neg: Darkest Hour (band) would be titled "The Human Romance", and it was officially released on February 22, 2011. On January 13, 2011, A new song entitled "Savor the Kill" was released onto Noisecreep. On December 22, 2011, Darkest Hour announced that they have parted ways with longtime drummer Ryan Parrish, He was replaced by Timothy Java from Dead To Fall. On June 6, 2012, Darkest Hour announced that bassist Paul Burnette would be amicably leaving the band to join Iron Reagan. Aaron Deal, who had toured with Darkest Hour in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America was also announced as the new bassist.

neg: Winston Churchill (Cavalier) Winston Churchill (Cavalier) Sir Winston Churchill, MP FRS (18 April 1620 – 26 March 1688), known as the "Cavalier Colonel", was an English soldier, nobleman, historian, and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as well as an ancestor of his 20th-century namesake, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was the son of Sir John Churchill of Dorset, a lawyer and politician, and his wife Sarah Winston, daughter of Sir Henry Winston. Churchill was educated at St John's College, Oxford, but he left university without taking a degree. The main reason of it was the

neg: Winston Churchill (1940–2010) Winston Churchill (1940–2010) Winston Spencer-Churchill (10 October 1940 – 2 March 2010), generally known as Winston Churchill, was a British Conservative politician and a grandson of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. During the period of his prominence as a public figure, he was normally referred to as Winston Churchill , in order to distinguish him from his grandfather. His father Randolph Churchill was also an MP. Churchill was born at Chequers just after his grandfather became Prime Minister, a year into World War II, and was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford. His famous grandfather died

neg: Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, statesman, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and British imperialist, he began and ended his parliamentary career as a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but for twenty years from 1904 he was a

neg: Darkest Hour (film) "New Statesman" that the film was "yet again overlooking Labour's key role at the most dangerous moment in this country's history ... in May 1940 its leaders gave Churchill the unequivocal support he needed when refusing to surrender. Ignoring Attlee's vital role is just one more failing in a deeply flawed film". Referring to Charles Moore's comment that the film was "superb Brexit propaganda", Afua Hirsch wrote in "The Guardian": "I would call the film propaganda, more generally – and a great example of the kind of myth we like to promote in modern Britain. Churchill has been re-branded as

neg: Darkest Hour (film) Chamberlain (as Lord President of the Council) and Halifax (as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). Although he was right about the danger from Adolf Hitler, Churchill has a poor reputation because of his record in the Admiralty, the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War, his views on India and his support for Edward VIII during the Abdication Crisis. Parliament reacts coolly to Churchill's first speech promising "Blood, toil, tears and sweat", for which he is chastised by the King. Churchill refuses to negotiate for peace, believing that the Germans are untrustworthy, reminding Chamberlain that his 1938 Munich Agreement

neg: Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales it went by. More than one million people lined the streets of London, and flowers rained down onto the cortège from bystanders. The ceremony at Westminster Abbey opened at 11:00 BST and lasted one hour and ten minutes. The royal family placed wreaths alongside Diana's coffin in the presence of former British Prime Ministers John Major, Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan and Edward Heath, and former Conservative MP Winston Churchill, the grandson of World War II-era Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. The guests included Sir Cliff Richard, Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, William J. Crowe, Bernadette Chirac, Queen Noor of Jordan, Tom

neg: Deliver Us (Darkest Hour album) Deliver Us (Darkest Hour album) Deliver Us is the fifth studio album by American melodic death metal band Darkest Hour. It was released on July 10, 2007 through Victory Records. The album debuted at number 110 on the Billboard album charts, with sales of 6,600. "Sanctuary" is featured in the video game, "Tony Hawk's Proving Ground", while "Demon(s)" is featured in "Guitar Hero 5" and "Doomsayer" was made available in "" through the "Darkest Hour Track Pack", the last to be released by Activision. The artwork was created by John Baizley who has also done art for bands such as

neg: Nathaniel Johnson (broadcaster) on the restoration and preservation of all extant speeches and addresses by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. He is a member of The Roosevelt Institute and has restored Churchill's address, "Their Finest Hour" for The Churchill Centre. The author of several novels, screenplays and a collection of short stories, Johnson's most recent works have appeared in AlienSkin, " Boston Literary Magazine, Writer’s Stories, SNM Horror Magazine, Bewildering Stories’ First Quarterly Review 2010, The Foundling Review, Every Day Fiction", and "Absent Willow Review". In 2010, Johnson launched a blog honoring the pioneers who built "WGBH", titled WGBH & Friends. Nathaniel

neg: Winston Churchill High School (Livonia, Michigan) if students drop out of the program at the end of a school year. The curriculum is specifically designed for students who have an intense interest in math and science. The accelerated courses are taught at a faster pace and in greater depth. The Advance Placement, AP, Program gives students the opportunity to pursue college-level studies and receive advance placement and/or credit upon entering college. Many of the students also participate in Churchill High School's Accelerated Language Arts Program. Winston Churchill High School (Livonia, Michigan) Churchill High School, named after Winston Churchill, is one of the three main public high

neg: Arabella Churchill (charity founder) Sir Winston Churchill) and his second wife June Osborne (daughter of Colonel Rex Hamilton Osborne), and was half-sister to the younger Winston Churchill, who was born to Randolph Churchill and his first wife Pamela Beryl Digby, better known as Pamela Harriman. She appeared, at the age of two, in the portrait of Winston Churchill and his family which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. She went to Fritham School for Girls, where she was Head Girl, and then Ladymede school, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. She worked at Lepra, the charity for leprosy sufferers, and then briefly at London Weekend Television. In

neg: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (St. Catharines) Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (St. Catharines) Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a Canadian secondary school located in St. Catharines, Ontario. It is one of eight public secondary schools in the city, and is situated in the community of Glenridge. The secondary school is known for their competitive sports, extremely strong acedemics, arts, their bulldog mascot and extensive list of extracurriculars. It is administered by the District School Board of Niagara. Sir Winston was founded in 1959. It was named after the British Prime Minister, who led the United Kingdom through the Second World War. Sir Winston Churchill's Extended

neg: Die hard (phrase) of the right on other matters", such as Winston Churchill who had been a "bête noire" of the original die-hards. Some of the die-hards, though not Churchill, flirted with Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists and/or supported Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement. The term is now commonly used to describe any person who will not be swayed from a belief, and was used as the title of the popular action movie series "Die Hard", all starring Bruce Willis as police officer John McClane. Die hard (phrase) The phrase die hard was first used during the Battle of Albuera (1811) in

neg: Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill been secured. for the general history see Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II. After the Conservative Party lost the 1945 election, Churchill became Leader of the Opposition to the Labour Government. He would go on to be re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951. Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill The following is a timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the bulk

neg: Winston Choo Winston Choo Winston Choo Wee Leong (born 18 July 1941) is a Singaporean diplomat, civil servant and former general. He was the first Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces from 1974–1992 and held the rank of Lieutenant-General. Choo was given the name "Winston" by his grandfather, who named him after Winston Churchill. He grew up in Makepeace Road in the Newton area and received his education in Monk's Hill School (1947–1952) and Anglo-Chinese School (1953–1957). While he was in Anglo-Chinese School, he captained the school's football team, played hockey, and won the Queen's Badge (now the Founder's

neg: Winston Choo What follows is a partial list of his medals: Winston Choo Winston Choo Wee Leong (born 18 July 1941) is a Singaporean diplomat, civil servant and former general. He was the first Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces from 1974–1992 and held the rank of Lieutenant-General. Choo was given the name "Winston" by his grandfather, who named him after Winston Churchill. He grew up in Makepeace Road in the Newton area and received his education in Monk's Hill School (1947–1952) and Anglo-Chinese School (1953–1957). While he was in Anglo-Chinese School, he captained the school's football team, played

neg: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough England’s greatest aristocratic dynasties. Among the more famous descendants of the Marlboroughs are Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough's children who survived childhood married into the most important families in Great Britain: Sarah Churchill is portrayed by actress Rachel Weisz in the 2018 film "The Favourite", which centers on the competition between the Duchess and Baroness Masham (Emma Stone) for the affections of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). She was played by Susannah York in the 1983 comedy "Yellowbeard". She was played by Susan Hampshire in the 1969 BBC mini-series, "The First Churchills". Notes

neg: Anthony McCarten Stephen Hawking, and his first wife, Jane Hawking. He first initiated talks with Jane to acquire the rights to her autobiography, "Travelling to Infinity", in 2004, and shortly after began work on the screenplay, which took its inspiration from her book. On 15 January 2015, the film received 5 Academy Award nominations, with McCarten earning two as producer and screenwriter in the categories of Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won two BAFTA awards for his roles as producer Best British Film and screenwriter Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2017, McCarten wrote and co-produced a film about Winston Churchill, "Darkest

neg: Quicksand (David Bowie song) famous members, Aleister Crowley, as well as Heinrich Himmler, Winston Churchill and Juan Pujol (codename: Garbo). "NME" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have described it as "Bowie in his darkest and most metaphysical mood", while a contemporary review in "Rolling Stone" remarked on its "superb singing" and "beautiful guitar motif". Marilyn Manson has stated that "Quicksand" and Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" are his favorite songs. Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, Quicksand (David Bowie song) "Quicksand" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album "Hunky Dory"; it was recorded

neg: Europe first Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 did not result in a change in U.S. policy. Prime Minister Churchill hastened to Washington shortly after Pearl Harbor for the Arcadia Conference to ensure that the Americans didn't have second thoughts about Europe First. In 1941, Roosevelt appointed John Gilbert Winant ambassador to Britain, and Winant remained in that post until he resigned in March 1946. In a 2010 book, "Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour", author Lynne Olson described Winant as dramatically changing the U.S. stance as ambassador when succeeding pro-appeasement ambassador Joseph P.

neg: Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora contributed to their Indiegogo campaign on February 17, 2017. Darkest Hour Additional personnel Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora is the ninth studio album by American metalcore band Darkest Hour. It was released worldwide on March 10, 2017 through Southern Lord Records. The album features guest guitarist Kris Norris who previously played with the band from 2001 to 2008, contributing with some additional guitar work. Early preorders of the album were bundled with their first full-length live DVD recorded in 2015 for the 10th anniversary of "Undoing Ruin". This was limited to 1,100 copies.

neg: Louis Botha to fight under Lucas Meyer in Northern Natal, and later as a general commanding and leading Boer forces impressively at Colenso and Spion Kop. On the death of P. J. Joubert, he was made commander-in-chief of the Transvaal Boers, where he demonstrated his abilities again at Belfast-Dalmanutha. After the battle at the Tugela, Botha granted a twenty-four-hour armistice to General Buller to enable him to bury his dead. Winston Churchill revealed that General Botha was the man who captured him at the ambush of a British armoured train on 15 November 1899. also claims that Botha captured Churchill at train

neg: Michael Collins (Irish leader) ("The hostage") and became an instant success. It was the soundtrack of the movie "Z" (1969). "The laughing boy" became the song of protest against the dictatorship in Greece (1967–1974) and remains to date one of the most popular songs in Greek popular culture. Mary Kenny wrote a play "Allegiance", about a meeting between Winston Churchill and Michael Collins. The play was adapted for stage in 2006 for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Mel Smith playing Winston Churchill and Michael Fassbender, a great-great-grandnephew of Michael Collins, playing Michael Collins. Michael Collins (Irish leader) Michael Collins (; 16 October 1890 –

neg: Jack Churchill of Sir Archibald Denny, on 8 March 1941. They had two children, Malcolm John Leslie Churchill, born 11 November 1942, and Rodney Alistair Gladstone Churchill, born 4 July 1947. Jack was not a direct relative to Winston Churchill. Whilst the earliest ancestor (Jasper Churchill, fl. 1585) of the Dukes of Marlborough, from whom Winston Churchill descended, were of Dorset, Jack Churchill's family has been traced back to Oxfordshire yeomen in the fifteenth century. Jack Churchill John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996), was a British Army officer who fought

neg: Stuttering used to stutter as a child until age 16. Another notable case was that of English Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Churchill claimed, perhaps not directly discussing himself, that "[s]ometimes a slight and not unpleasing stammer or impediment has been of some assistance in securing the attention of the audience..." However, those who knew Churchill and commented on his stutter believed that it was or had been a significant problem for him. His secretary Phyllis Moir commented that "Winston Churchill was born and grew up with a stutter" in her 1941 book "I was Winston Churchill's Private Secretary". She also noted

neg: Stanley Hotel, Nairobi to royalty, politicians, movie stars, and authors. It is still used for national business conferences and tourism concerns. The Sarova Stanley has a total of 217 rooms as of 2015. Several of the suites and other rooms are named for dignitaries and other notable persons who have stayed in the hotel such as The Windsor penthouse suite, named for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII); The Karen Blixen suite, named for Karen Blixen, author of "Out of Africa"; The Hemingway conference suite, named for author Ernest Hemingway, and The Churchill Ballroom, named for Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of

neg: Mike Schleibaum and in his senior year founded Darkest Hour with lead singer John Henry. Schleibaum then attended George Mason University (Fairfax, VA), while continuing to tour and write with Darkest Hour. In 1999 Darkest Hour signed and was dropped from MIA records before their first full-length album, "Mark of the Judas", was officially released. In 2000, while still in college, Darkest Hour signed to Chicago's Victory Records, and released "So Sedated So Secure" soon afterwards. After graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work, Schleibaum started pursuing Darkest Hour full-time. Darkest Hour has since gone on to

neg: Winston Churchill in politics, 1900–1939 St John Broderick to expand the army to six corps, three of which would be free to form an expeditionary force overseas. Churchill had prepared his speech for over six weeks and spoke for an hour without notes. The speech showed his rhetorical powers and was compared by commentators at the time to that of his father's first success—also an attack on a cabinet minister of his own party. Churchill maintained the campaign in and out of Parliament for some time. In 1902, Churchill revealed some of his views in an interview at the University of Michigan only published six

neg: The Darkest Hour (novel) Clans need to work together in order to defeat BloodClan. Normally, the Clans are enemies with one another, and occasionally form alliances with one other Clan, however, all four forest Clans had to cooperate to protect their home from BloodClan. "The Darkest Hour" received critical acclaim. Hilary Williamson wrote: ""The Darkest Hour" is the best yet in this thrilling series of feline adventure, that also stresses the importance of caring and community". A reviewer for "Booklist" called "The Darkest Hour" "tension-filled". The Darkest Hour (novel) The Darkest Hour is a children's fantasy novel, the sixth and last book in the

neg: SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour, also known simply as SPQR, is a computer adventure game by American studio CyberSites set in Ancient Rome. The player has to solve a number of puzzles to uncover a criminal who wants to destroy Rome. The player is an unnamed character, a friend of the inventor Cornelius who has been arrested. His arrest was on the suspicion that he is involved with the Calamitus, a figure who intends to destroy Rome. The game starts underneath Cornelius's workshop, and once the player has entered the workshop itself they receive a

neg: Honours of Winston Churchill for its three-storey exterior painting of the silhouette of Winston Churchill. Churchill Avenue was itself renamed from Main Street after the Second World War. In St. Albert, Alberta Sir Winston Churchill Ave runs east to west through the city. Winston Churchill Boulevard in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is also named in his honour. Churchill National Park in Australia which was established on 12 February 1941 as the Dandenong National Park, was renamed in 1944 in his honour. The town of Churchill, Victoria, Churchill Island and Churchill Island Marine National Park in Victoria, Australia were also named after him. In Canada, Sir

neg: Honours of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Provincial Park, Churchill Park, St. John's and Churchill Lake in Saskatchewan were all named after him. A large dock in the Port of Antwerp was named after him by Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony in 1966. Náměstí W. Churchilla (Winston Churchill Square) is located behind The Main Train Station in Prague, Czech Republic. In Gibraltar the main road connecting the border with Spain and the airport to the city centre is called Winston Churchill Avenue. Churchillparken in Copenhagen, Denmark; Churchill Park, Glendowie, New Zealand; Churchill Park (Lautoka), Fiji; and Energlyn and Churchill Park railway station in Wales

neg: Ian McNeice cameo role as Joachim von Kortzfleisch, a German general who refused to put his troops under the command of officers plotting to depose Hitler's government, in "Valkyrie". McNeice was initially cast in the role of Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO pilot of "Game of Thrones", but because of scheduling conflicts the role was then given to Roger Allam. McNeice appeared as Winston Churchill in four episodes of "Doctor Who" in 2010 and 2011; he had previously played Churchill in the 2008 premiere production of the Howard Brenton play "Never So Good", and later played him again in the 2012 stage

neg: Clarissa Eden lover of Clementine Hozier, whom Winston Churchill married in 1908. It appears also that Winston had proposed marriage to Lady Gwendoline, who had turned him down in favour of his brother. In the 1920s, the mere fact that his brother was a stockbroker caused some awkwardness when Winston was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Jack Churchill fought again in the First World War and was awarded both the "Croix de Guerre" and the "Légion d'Honneur". Clarissa Spencer-Churchill's elder brothers were Johnnie (1909–1992), an artist, and Henry Winston (known as Peregrine) (1913–2002). Clarissa Spencer-Churchill was born at her parents' house in the

neg: Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill The following is a timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the bulk of World War II. His speeches and radio broadcasts helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult days of 1940–41 when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood almost alone in its active opposition to Nazi Germany. He led Britain as Prime Minister until victory over Nazi Germany had

neg: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario) of the baby boomers. In 1972, the school became Hamilton's pilot school in the semester system style of schedule that had been showing positive increases in student achievement amongst schools in Alberta and British Columbia. The school was named after Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School takes part in the following programs: Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School has the following clubs: Lyrics to the school song are as follows: <poem> We’re from Churchill, Winston Churchill Where we live and learn each day We have spirit, and you’ll

neg: Winston Churchill as writer Boston the following year. There are around 135 published booklets of Churchill's individual speeches, including "Mr Winston Churchill on the Education Bill" (1902), "The Fiscal Puzzle: Both Sides Explained by Leading Men'" (1903), "Why I am a Free Trader" (1905) and "Prisons and Prisoners" (1910); the following are speeches published in a collected form. Winston Churchill as writer Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers of soldier and politician, was a prolific writer under the pen name "Winston S. Churchill". After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe the Cuban War of

neg: Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts The Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill. They are based in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The UK Trust was founded on 1 February 1965, the day after Churchill's funeral. Elizabeth II extended her Royal Patronage to the Trust in 1965. The Trusts were founded to 'perpetuate and honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill' by administering the award of Travelling Fellowships known as a "Churchill Fellowship". While the three Trusts are independent, they have a similar approach, identifying potential themes each year and inviting members