On Aug. 17, 1940, John Colville, WinstonChurchill’s private secretary, was walking in the Sussex countryside when he came upon a downed German bomber. It was, writes Erik Larson in “The Splen ...
A portrait of WinstonChurchill that the former Prime Minister infamously loved could fetch over £100,000 at auction. The artwork, drawn by artist Paul Trevillion in 1955, was the only portrait ...