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Calendar of Events
This Calendar of Events provides information on future conferences, seminars, symposia, dinners, lectures, and other events sponsored by The Churchill Centre, its allies and affiliates, and other related parties.
If you are planning an event that may be of interest to Churchillians and would like to have it posted, send complete details to The Churchill Centre at
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. Please provide as much information as possible including photographs and contact details. Also, if you know of an event that is not listed, please let us know and we will do our best to track it down and add it to the Calendar.
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New Exhibits at the Churchill War Rooms Tell Their Own Stories |
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March 2011 - November 2012
Location: Churchill Museum, London
A rare telegram and a small Graham Sutherland oil sketch, both on loan, are now on display in the Churchill Museum, housed within the Churchill War Rooms.
The telegram from 12 December 1899 relates to an incident in Churchill's early career when he escaped from a prisoner of war camp in Pretoria after being captured by the Boers during the South African War. The police circulated his description in this telegram as ‘Pale features. Reddish-brown hair...speaks through his nose and cannot pronounce the letter S'.
Telegram lent by Hugh Bourn.
The Sutherland sketch is of Churchill in old age. It is a study for a full-length portrait of Churchill, commissioned by Parliament in 1954. The finished painting was presented to Churchill but was destroyed by his wife Clementine, who hated the portrait. Sutherland's sketches are all that remains.
Sketch lent by the National Portrait Gallery.
Both exhibits on display until November 2012.
Copyright © Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 March 2011 14:55 |
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Glaoui and Churchill |
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20 January - 31 March 2012
Location: Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Rd, London W14 8LZ
Paintings by Winston Churchill and Hassan El Glaoui, the son of the Pasha of Marrakech, Hadj Thami El Glaoui (also known as the Black Panther). It was during a trip to Marrakech in 1943 that Churchill, himself a painter in his spare time, first saw the work of Hassan El Glaoui and encouraged the young artist's family to allow him to continue to paint - something that, at the time, was considered unsuitable for a Berber tribesman. El Glaoui went on to become one of Morocco's most significant artists, his work today being among the most sought after contemporary North African art in the world. The show features 24 paintings, nine by Churchill, whose work has never before been publicly exhibited alongside another artist's work. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:28 |
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Churchill's Finest Hour? The Practicalities and Politics of Writing the History of World War Two |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - Wine & Cheese starts at 5:00 pm, Program from 5:45 – 7:00 pm
Location: Members' Lounge, the Vancouver Club, 915 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.
Please join us on Tuesday, February 7th to welcome our guest speaker Dr. James A. Boutilier who previously spoke at our 2007 International Churchill Conference and our October 21, 2010 Evening with Churchill. He will address our Society on Churchill's Finest Hour? The Practicalities and Politics of Writing the History of World War Two.
Dr. James Boutilier is the Asia-Pacific Policy Advisor at Canada's Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters in Esquimalt, British Columbia. Dr. Boutilier attended Dalhousie University (BA History, 1960), McMaster University (MA History, 1962), and the University of London (PhD History, 1969). Dr. Boutilier has held posts at various universities throughout his career, including the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, British Columbia and the University of Victoria. Dr. Boutilier's field of expertise is Asia-Pacific defence and security.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:18 |
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Meetings in Marrakech - An Evening with Celia Sandys |
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Thursday, 9 February - 7.00 - 9.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)
Location: Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, London W14 8LZ
Tickets: £20 includes refreshments (limited to 50 places) Booking essential on 020 7471 9153, visit their website for tickets.
A special evening viewing of the exhibition Meetings in Marrakech: The Paintings of Hassan El Glaoui and Winston Churchill in the company of Churchill's granddaughter, the writer Celia Sandys. Celia has travelled extensively in her grandfather's footsteps seeking out the places that meant most to him. She has visited Morocco many times and written of Churchill's love of the country and the inspiration it provided him as an artist. A short talk will be followed by questions and answers and viewing of the exhibition.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 February 2012 16:57 |
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The Churchill Centre UK to Hold February Meeting in London |
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28th February 2012 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: The St. Stephen's Club in London on . The address is 34 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AB
Speakers will include Lord Dobbs, best selling author and politician. There will be time for members to catch up with old friends and meet ones who share the same interest in Churchill and his contemporaries.
New members will have an opportunity to be welcomed personally by Celia Sandys and Randolph Churchill.
The price of attendance, which will cover the costs of the event, will be £25per person/ £30 for guests.
Please send your bookings and payment to Bridget Warrington at The Churchill Centre (UK), Churchill College, Cambridge, CB3 0DS or
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We recommend that you book early as places are limited and judging from last year, this event will be popular.
The committee is busy planning further events in the year and will inform you of the details in the Noticeboard. We are exploring the possibility of one event in June in the Houses of Parliament followed by an autumn event in the North of England.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:41 |
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International Churchill Society Canada to Hold Annual General Meeting |
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Wednesday, 29 February 2011
Location: TBD
The AGM of the Society will be held on Leap Year day of February 29th 2012. After the business part, which we always keep short, there will be shown a film which has received rave reviews – "Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny" narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley.
More details to follow.
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 November 2011 14:14 |
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Churchill Society of British Columbia - Annual Banquet with Randolph Churchill |
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Reception and Cash Bar at 5:45 PM, Dinner in Ballroom at 7:00 PM
Location: The Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC
Registration Fee: $100 each for a Member, $115 for a Non-Member (includes wine with dinner).
Please note the dress code is black tie or mess kit (business attire optional).
Please RSVP by April 30
Follow this link for the full invitation and RSVP form.
For more information:
April Accola
778-321-3550
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:45 |
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Winston Churchill: The Power of Words |
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June 8, 2012 - September, 30 2012
Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
In collaboration with The Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge University, the Morgan Library and Museum will be holding a summer exhibit, Winston Churchill: The Power of Words in lower Manhattan.
Please check back for more details to be released shortly. |
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Round Table of Nebraska |
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3rd Sunday of each Month - 2:00 PM
Location: Borders Book Store 7201 Dodge Store, Omaha, NE 6114
The book club is convened each month in Omaha, Nebraska and meets the 3rd Sunday at 2:00 PM.
Current Churchill related books being discussed:
- Randolph Churchill's Young Statesmen 1901-1914
- William Manchester's The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- We also discuss recent articles from the Churchill Centre's publication Finest Hour
The website for the club is updated frequently and can be found here.
For more information please
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Last Updated on Saturday, 15 October 2011 11:43 |
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Celia Sandys Announces 2012 Tour: "Chasing Churchill" Cruise in Crimea & the Black Sea |
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With Celia Sandys & Lord Watson of Richmond
6th - 18th September 2012
Terminating in Istanbul just in time for The English-Speaking Union (ESU) World Members Meeting.
Celia Sandys, who accompanied her grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill, on some of his later travels, will host our group on this cruise aboard Crystal Serenity, flagship of Travel & Leisure Magazine's award-winning Crystal Cruise fleet. ESU Travelers will cruise in superb comfort from Athens to Istanbul through the Dardanelles retracing the cruise that Celia did with her grandfather on the Onassis yacht, Christina. Amongst the ports of call will be Mykonos, Odessa, Yalta, site of the famous Conference in February 1945, & Sochi. Lord Watson of Richmond will comment on the historic milestones along the route. The Cruise terminates in Istanbul, site of the ESU World Members Meeting. Prices start from £4769 per person sharing a twin cabin. This cruise is certain to prove to be popular, so you are invited to book as soon as possible.
To book or for more information:
+44-(0)333-444-2355 (UK)
+1-800-503-9534 (US)
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 17:30 |
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