Joel Nelson

Emperor Hirohito rides with Elizabeth II, 5 October 1971. Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty.

When Hirohito Returned to Europe

Emperor Hirohito’s tour of Europe in 1971 made it painfully clear that the wounds of the Second World War had not healed.

Winston Churchill and his contemporaries in ‘Mr Punch’s Political March-Past’ from Punch, 2 July 1919. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Public Domain.

‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review

Cita Stelzer’s Churchill’s American Network and David Reynolds’ Mirrors of Greatness seek to bring Churchill’s contemporaries and adversaries out of his shadow.

Sir Winston, his son Randolph, and grandson, Winston in coronation robes, by Toni Frissell, June 1953. Library of Congress. Public Domain.

Winston Churchill’s Gold Record

Once the Second World War was won, Winston Churchill had two preoccupations: preserving his place in posterity and making lots of money. If they could be achieved simultaneously, so much the better.

John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation declaring Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the US, 9 April 1963.

The Prime Minister and the President

John F. Kennedy idolised Winston Churchill, but his efforts to host his hero proved abortive.