Winston Churchill is perhaps the most iconic British Prime Ministers. When you think about British Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill comes to mind. He stands out and is unmistakable.
There are several things which make Winston Churchill an iconic Prime Minister, the voice, his fight them on the beaches speech, alongside being Prime Minister during World War 2 and his eccentric manner (cabinet meetings in the bath), Winston Churchill stands out. Churchill was really the first media Prime Minister, he is animated by media. Whereas, former leaders, including monarchs, aren't animated to us in the same way. We can only know of them through written texts and sometimes through portraits. It wasn't until the 1950s, when Winston Churchill became PM for the second time. It is during that time, that most people began to have televisions. Before the early 1950s, most people didn't have televisions, which means that most people like PMs and monarchs, were not animated to the general public, or accessible to the general public in the way they are today. Media today is far more instant and available today, than it was back in the 1950s. However, given TV and radio, we know more about Winston Churchill, than other leaders in our past. Let's look at five facts about Winston Churchill. #5 Winston The Artist For anyone that has watched the Netflix series 'The Crown', they will realize that Winston was an artist, as well as PM. Winston was a talented artist, you can see his painting on the National Trust Collections website. He didn't start painting until he was in his 40s. However, if he felt in his lifetime that he missed out on painting, then, he shouldn't have. He created an impressive 500 paintings, over 48 years. Which is an amazing achievement on top of leading Britain through World War 2, then half of the 1950s, and writing. #4 Winston The Writer If you think that that's impressive, on top of that, Churchill was also a writer. He wrote numerous things on both fiction and non-fiction during his lifetime. His first non-fiction book was called The Story of The ManklandField Force, which was published in 1898. It is 298 pages long. He didn't only write non-fiction books, Churchill also wrote fiction books. His first fiction book was called Savrola, and was published in 1900. It is 345 pages long. On top of this, Churchill was also a historian, writing non-fiction history works. #3 Twice Prime Minister Winston Churchill became Prime Minister twice. Not in the way that he won one term and then won another term. He won one term on the 10th of May 1940 and then was voted out in 1945. Then, he was voted back in again on the 26th of October 1951 and finally voted out on the 6th of April 1955. #2 Served Under Six Monarchs Winston Churchill served under an impressive 6 monarchs during his political career. Today, the vast majority of Britons have only ever known one monarch - Queen Elizabeth II. Monarchs haven't always lasted that long and the monarchy hasn't always been that stable. Here is a list of the six monarchs Winston Churchill served under: Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and our current queen, Queen Elizabeth II.
#1 Dogs And Cats
He got dogs and cats spot on. Churchill said that 'Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us.' Which is a pretty spot on assessment of cats and dogs. It's not that he didn't like cats - he did. He had a rescue cat and can be seen clapping this cat...
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