Monthly Archives for March 2007

Churchill’s Tastes in Food and Drink

Accord­ing to Georgina Lan­de­mare,1 the Churchill’s pri­vate cook, the Prime Min­is­ter was a fan French haut cui­sine as well as tra­di­tional Eng­lish dishes like fowl, and roast beef with York­shire pud­ding. He also pre­ferred shell­fish to plain old fish. He … Con­tinue read­ing

13. March 2007 by Glenn Vance
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The Anniversary Party

In The Anniver­sary Party, Jen­nifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cum­mings (co-writers and direc­tors) try to update the clas­sic Hol­ly­wood line, “Hey every­body, let’s go out to the old barn and put on a show!” Sadly, the barn is not burned … Con­tinue read­ing

07. March 2007 by Glenn Vance
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The Tybee Bomb

It was nearly 4 pm on Feb­ru­ary 4, 1958, when a B-47 bomber, piloted by Major Howard Richard­son and 2 other crew mem­bers, lifted off from Home­stead Air Force Base near Miami, Florida. There mis­sion that day was to prac­tice … Con­tinue read­ing

07. March 2007 by Glenn Vance
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