Talking about what it was like to be a secretary at chart well. And part of the project were doing we plan to open the secretary room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, theres something in your pack act the project. In terms of churchill and island. I was thinking what we had in the collection. About that. We have a gift from london. Of a replica of one of my favorite items in the house. In the library. I was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. Well hear more about that now. So we have another family of writers like the churchills here. We have the bews with us this morning. We have lord bew. Professor of politics at Queen University in belfast. And we have john. Who is professor of i have that wrong. So lord bew is the politics expert. And john is the history professor and Foreign Affairs and Award Winning historian. Theyll give us an excellent take this morning. Starting off with john. Can we have a big wa
Publish publish publishes actually thats wrong. Lord daubs has the privilege of being introduced by lisa. [ applause ] good evening. I just realize im going to be the only person on the stage tonight that doesnt have a british accent. But i do have an accent. Yowlver to see if you detect it at some point. More pertinent to the city that were in. If youd ask him had, lord daubs would tell you that he never had a proper job. Yet it was in his restless search, as he calls it, for this ideal job that he just happened, happened to stumble upon some of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences that anyone could ever hope to have in a lifetime. Ones that honored his presence, ones that called upon him as a crafty and skilled story teller, ones that demanded his inquisitive mind and others that rewarded his wonderous creativity. It all began in a pub where i net a complete stranger, lord daubs says about his journey. I happened to mention to him i was looking for a job in current affairs. A
Now, we have kevin, kevin ruane here, who has written this very, very good book. Churchill and the bomb. So one of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The further backward we can look, the further forward you are likely to see. We think most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted. Over with. Just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember further back when people were scared of the abomb and then worse of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at canterbury, Christchurch University in the United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam and one is coming out very shortly on anthony eden. And that will be a very interesting one because he had such a long history with grand papa. He is working on now so
The beautiful, talented talented lizza. Seven years of fox news. Publish publish publishes actually thats wrong. Lord daubs has the privilege of being introduced by lisa. [ applause ] good evening. I just realize im going to be the only person on the stage tonight that doesnt have a british accent. But i do have an accent. Yowlver to see if you detect it at some point. More pertinent to the city that were in. If youd ask him had, lord daubs would tell you that he never had a proper job. Yet it was in his restless search, as he calls it, for this ideal job that he just happened, happened to stumble upon some of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences that anyone could ever hope to have in a lifetime. Ones that honored his presence, ones that called upon him as a crafty and skilled story teller, ones that demanded his inquisitive mind and others that rewarded his wonderous creativity. It all began in a pub where i net a complete stranger, lord daubs says about his journey. I happene
Ireland. And Clement Attlee. From new york city, this is about 45 minutes. Good morning everybody. Its such a pleasure to be here. In a room with fellow sharing stories. And finding out what inspired you about winston. Its been a lovely day and a half. Were more than experts on the family life of Winston Churchill. And it was very exciting yesterday to hear Lady Williams talking about what it was like to be a secretary at chart well. And part of the project were doing we plan to open the secretary room in 2020. So if you want to hear more about that, theres something in your pack act the project. In terms of churchill and island. I was thinking what we had in the collection. About that. We have a gift from london. Of a replica of one of my favorite items in the house. In the library. I was really interested yesterday to start to hear a little bit about churchills relationship with attlee. Well hear more about that now. So we have another family of writers like the churchills here. We h