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He was the wartime Prime Minister regarded by many to be the greatest Briton who ever lived. Sir Winston Churchill s leadership during the fight against Nazi Germany was symbolised by the indomitable spirit he championed in his numerous speeches to the British public. But far from the symbol of strength which he represents, a new book details how the politician suffered from a barrage of ailments throughout his life. Winston Churchill s Illnesses 1886-1965, by Allister Vale and John Scadding, sets out chapter by chapter each of the injuries, afflictions and accidents which befell Sir Winston. Among them was the donation of a skin graft to help a wounded colleague while fighting at the famous Battle of Omduran in 1898 and the three bouts of pneumonia and a stroke suffered while in office. ....
Media Credit: Photo Illustration by Camille DeSanto | Assistant Photo Editor Watch Jenny Lin speak about and perform pieces from masters like Chopin, Liszt, George Gershwin and Philip Glass this weekend. This weekend, hear about a selection of études with pianist Jenny Lin, explore a historic house in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and learn about Winston Churchill’s various illnesses. Friday ‘A Brief and Modern History of Piano Études’ with Jenny Lin In this online performance, sponsored by Washington Performing Arts, American pianist Jenny Lin will perform a selection of études – pieces that combine artistic expression with technical skill. The pianist will introduce work by classical composers Chopin and Liszt, modernist composer George Gershwin and modern American composers Philip Glass and William Bolcom. Lin will begin discussions on each piece with a short video or interview about the work and composer. ....
photo credit: Bigstock The mice in my absence have been at my books again, with what Marx called, with regard to the manuscript of his then-unpublished Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, their gnawing criticism. Much good may gnawing it have done them! When finally published, forty years after it was written, the manuscript did considerable harm, at least if ideas have consequences, for as an appendix to that work is inscribed one of the most beguiling and pernicious of all epistemological doctrines, namely that people’s ideas are simply the reflection of their interests; from which it follows that, since people’s interests are different and irreconcilably opposed, the only real argument is violence. And we all know what that idea led to. ....