Churchill and his team of engineers, scientists and military officers designed a marine staging area known as the Mulberry Harbors, later actualized in the prime minister’s bathtub. This design would later be the key to their success in the invasion of Normandy, France, on D-Day.
Russians and Vodka. It seems like a crude stereotype, but Lawrence Schrad has taken a deeper look at the history that led to the country's love affair with the drink.
Cartoonist Steve Bell has been skewering British politicians since his career took off in the late 1970s. Because his obsession is politics, a good number of American presidents have come in for in his particular brand of satire. Steve Bell's leftist politics inform how he characterizes US presidents. George W. Bush was easy. Barack Obama: not so much.
China's love with copies is well-known. There are the fake Apple stores, the fake landmarks and, it turns out, fake whole towns. In China, though, imitation is really more a sign of appreciation, than a lack of creativity.
Christopher Hitchens, a man who wasn't afraid to take on anyone, died on Thursday of esophageal cancer. He was famous for his biting criticism of, well, everyone, from Henry Kissinger, "a war criminal," to Mother Theresa, "a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud,"
The Kommunalka was a Soviet experiment in communal living. Entire families were forced to live in a single room, nevertheless some have surprisingly fond memories of the experience.
Barbara Leaming, author of a new book, 'Churchill Defiant: Fighting On: 1945 - 1955,' says our embattled President might learn important lessons on popularity and leadership from Winston Churchill.