On 30 November Britons and Australians alike celebrate the 150th birthday of a great, but largely forgotten man: Winston S. Churchill.
To the extent that Churchill is remembered today, it’s as the wartime prime minister of Britain who stood up to Nazi Germany. Some of his famous speeches, like ‘We will fight them on the beaches’ linger in our cultural memory, assisted by films including Darkest Hour (2017).
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Cian Hussey is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.
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