Muzzling the British bulldog

reviewed this week. Churchill: When Britain Said No, BBC Two. 1945: The Savage Peace, BBC Two. 1864, BBC Four. Vogue Does Straight As, RTE Two.

Winston Churchill’s stunning rejection by the British electorate in 1945 was examined at length in Churchill: When Britain Said No (BBC Two). PICTURE: Getty
Winston Churchill’s stunning rejection by the British electorate in 1945 was examined at length in Churchill: When Britain Said No (BBC Two). PICTURE: Getty

Winston Churchill, the cigar moking, whiskey swilling, V-sign waving, siren-suited icon of Englishness, was the very personification of the bulldog breed. Winnie was the subject of a neat piece of crowbar-wielding revisionism in Churchill – When Britain Said No (BBC Two). Historical heavyweights Max Hastings, Antony Beevor, Richard Overy et al ...