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1994.
Dalton Newfield writes in an
article published in the USA re the sordid history (and inevitable
failure) of the Churchill family's promotion of the fantastically
expensive The Collected
Works in 1974.
"I am more than a little
surprised that the Churchill family gave their support to this
money-grubbing project". "It would be wonderful to own such a work".
"It would be wonderful if my - or even any US library - could own the
set, let alone risk using it".
"It would be wonderful if greed
were not always the family's motive".
"WSC was not unconscious of
money - quite the contrary - but he did put out abridgements, cheap
editions, etc., so that people at all levels could enjoy his works".
"What pains most is that the
idea was all so un Churchillian", Mr
Newfield concluded.
The
High Court (London) proceedings. Who
owned the Chartwell Papers?
At risk? Churchill's
Medals.
Churchill's daughter Mary Soames,
Churchill's
grandson Nicholas Soames,
Churchill's grandson
Winston Churchill minor.
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1995.
Conservative party sleaze fuels the collapse of moral standards in
the UK - from 1983 onwards it gathered pace and led to a national
uproar with the story of
the Churchill family threatening to sell at auction Sir
Winston's and Lady Churchill's gift to Churchill College of
The Chartwell Papers.
The Churchill family to repay the Lottery money.
The history of the first 1995
performance by Radio Prague and Czeske TV of The Churchill Music by
the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
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1996.
The 1996 Christmas Lecture The
Battle for REAL Music by the
composer of The Churchill Music, Norman Harvey Rutherlyn.
IBM
Churchill Society Web Site Commendation.
Churchill's
Grandson. Nicholas
Soames.
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1997.
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Criticisms
of the Trust's Awards system.
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust's
failure to honour the original Trust Deed and the need for
reform.
The History of
The Churchill Society.
Churchill's daughter Mary Soames,
Churchill's
grandson Nicholas Soames,
Churchill's grandson
Winston Churchill minor.
The 1997 Christmas
Lecture The Nature of
Sovereignty by the late Oliver Smedley FCA.
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1998.
A
Rebuke to the Churchill family.
The Churchill family to pay back The Lottery Money.
The
Reform of
The
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Sir
Winston's Grave at Bladon. The
restoration of Churchill's grave is unworthy and should be done
again, this time by the War Graves Commission - many photographs.
The
Society appeals to Her Majesty The Queen. Correspondence re Churchill House
London.
The
Future of the United Kingdom by the
Founder of The Churchill Society.
The 1998 Christmas
Lecture The Reform of
the Honours System by J.B.Lidstone.
A Churchill Birthday Concert
and Why The
Churchill Society concerns itself with music.
The
Society gives evidence to a Select Committee of the House of Commons.
The 1998 Christmas
Lecture 'Musical Prayers' by the composer James Stevens (Head of
the Society's Music Department).
Past
Christmas Lectures
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1999.
Copy correspondence.
Demand for an investigation
into the purchase of
The
Chartwell Papers
by the National Lottery
Commission
Correspondence with The National
Trust. The whereabouts of the gifts presented
to Churchill by Foreign Governments and Heads of States which were
formerly displayed at Chartwell? Also, in the light of recent
Churchill family heirloom selling at auctions, how safe now are all
the contents of Chartwell? (including the extraordinary story of how
Chartwell was bought by Churchill's friends for the nation, but how
the contents are (alarmingly) only on loan to the National
Trust).
Newsletter. From The Chairman. 18th May 1999.
Also published during
1999.
'Conservative Party sleaze
added to the continuing collapse of moral standards in the UK. From
1983 onwards it gathered pace and led to the national uproar caused
by the the story of the Churchill family threatening to sell Sir Winston and Lady Churchill's
gift to Churchill College of The Chartwell
Papers.
Lord
Rothschild's
letter.
The sad press chronology of
Winston S Churchill
Jnr.
Churchill's daughter Mary Soames,
Churchill's
grandson Nicholas Soames,
Churchill's grandson
Winston Churchill minor.
Professor Charmley
writes: Is there no end to the making
of money by the family our of Sir Winston?
Commercial
advertising.
Cashing in on
Churchill.
Who authorised this
crude example?
Criticisms of the book
'Churchill's
Private
Letters'
selected, edited, and published by his daughter Mary Soames.
The
Reform of
The
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
May 1999. Important information
for Americans.
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The
story
of the
Churchill family and their friends promotion (in 1988) of
the West End Musical with 'Winnie' singing in his bath!
After three performances it was taken off. It was reputed to
have lost £3 million pounds and was described by a
Buckingham Palace courtier as "just done for money, money,
money . . . . vulgar vulgar vulgar!"
Mary Soames,
Nicholas Soames,
Winston Churchill minor.
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December 1st 1999.
Important
Correspondence
with the Winston
Churchill Memorial Trust re a joint venture during the forthcoming
millennium year to honour Churchill and his Comrades in Arms.
Further to the above
correspondence.
The
Reform of
The
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
THE MAIN
INDEX
Search
the web site.
Contact the
society.
The late Rt Hon J. Enoch Powell's (Audio) speech to the Society. Text of the
Speech.
A
TRIBUTE
to the late Rt Hon
Enoch Powell.MBE. Why he was the greatest British statesman since
Churchill.
The
AD 1999 Christmas Lecture 'The Death of Magic' by the Chairman of the Society Mrs
Pamela Timms.
Past
Christmas Lectures
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2000.
February 13 2000
The Sunday Times Newspaper
London. A
copyright article.
Lottery-funded Churchills'
charge academics £50 a letter.
PRESS RELEASE
January 18th 2000.
It is sad to read the many criticisms of the
contents of The Dome after such a vast expenditure of money and
effort. As long ago as February 1998 the Committee of The Churchill
Society feared that this might be the result after Ms Page of The New
Millennium Experience Co Ltd refused to consider having the society's
exhibition stand installed there in honour of Churchill and his
Comrades-in-Arms.
In the event - the Society's comprehensive 231
page web site has attracted from all over the world more visitors
since its opening than are likely to ever visit The Dome.
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PRESS RELEASE
July 15th 2000.
It is immensely sad to observe what a disaster
The Dome has been.
The effects of this staggering and shaming
failure, heightens the overwhelming sense of loss that many older
people in England share today. It will cast its shadow over the next
generation, and history will conclude that it mirrored accurately our
generation's loss of national identity, purpose; our former morality,
good artistic taste, self confidence and national self respect.
The trigger to this catastrophe was pulled when
the Prime Minister of the Conservative government (John Major)
ordered the independent (!) Lottery Commission to give in to the
Churchill family blackmail and pay out the very first Lottery Prize
to them of £12,500,000. (they had threatened to sell Churchill's war time papers by
auction).
By that infamous deed, the children of the
nation's most illustrious hero, signalled to young people that
'money comes before morality' and that the Lottery
Commission was an easy touch. The Dome was funded from Lottery
Funds.
A Public Enquiry should now take place into
both of these scandals.
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Dishonesty at
Chartwell?
How safe are the contents
of Chartwell?
Correspondence with
The National Trust.