David Semple’s introduction to The Atlantic Charter, August 1941 (parts 1, 2 and 3) Churchill saw Hitler and his Reich as incarnating something evil and dangerous, some of the brutal sources of which may have been very old but some of which were alarmingly new. And his vision was such that he turned […]
The Atlantic Charter, August 1941 (part 3): a special relationship By David Semple For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, For back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; […]
The Atlantic Charter, August 1941 (part 2): for those in peril By David Semple Shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister in May 1940, his son Randolph burst in on the elder Churchill shaving in his bedroom. Here is Randolph Churchill’s account: “After two or three minutes of hacking away at his face, he half-turned […]
The Atlantic Charter, August 1941 (part 1): the New World By David Semple In a recent article for JMA Jewish Media Agency, entitled “Independence Day: Celebrating the Anglosphere,” I wrote the following: “To achieve victory, Churchill established the special relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States. In August 1941, Churchill and Roosevelt signed […]
By David Semple September 10th 2015 was the day President Obama won his vote on the Iran Deal, using 42 duplicitous American Senators to win his battle against the people of the United States, who do not support this Iran policy. The vote on September 10th in Washington is likely to lead to another September […]
By Anthony Posner In 1940, when things were looking even bleaker than today, Churchill roused the nation: “We will fight them on the beaches” and, of course, “we will never be defeated”. As far as I am aware, this was not perceived by the Brits as some sort of foreign holiday by the sea. No, […]
2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, the man who led Britain from the brink of defeat to victory. Here, film-maker and author David Semple gives us a lesson from history – how the West is once again teetering on the edge of a geo-political maelstrom. Seventy-five years ago Great […]
