Tag: Int’l Churchill Society

  • Overheard at the Red Carpet Club

    Red Carpet Club, Los Angeles International  Ahh—a nice crisp, cold glass of Chardonnay. Well, cheap Chardonnay, but anyway it’s cold. I’m still sitting here in the Red Carpet Club and as I posted earlier it’s rather busy here. All I could hear were middle-aged white guys chatting on their cell phones about.. well I didn’t really care…

  • Breeze though LAX

    Breeze though LAX

    Los Angeles International Airport I arrived here at LAX a short time ago. Check-in was a breeze. I think it took all of about ten minutes to use the kiosk, get my boarding pass and get through security. I didn’t actually realize that you could use the kiosks for international flights, but you just select your…

  • ‘Churchill’s England’ – D-1

    Los Angeles Departure -1 and Counting Tomorrow I shall depart for England and I hope to be able to convincingly and effectively convey the journey in photos and these diary entries. I do hope that it will be as enjoyable for one to read as it will be for me to experience and to write…

  • In two days I shall become a foreigner

    Los Angeles Departure -2 and Counting In two days I shall become a foreigner. I’m in the final stages of confirming reservations and sorting out what to pack for the adventure upon which I am about to set out. I checked the weather in London—it’s to be a bit of rain intermixed with a bit…

  • The British Intelligence Connection

    Los Angeles Another one of the other more fascinating responses that I got to my letter of introduction was from a friend here in Los Angeles whose grandfather’s best friend was Sir William Samuel Stephenson CC MC DFC (January 23, 1897 – January 31, 1989). He was a fascinating character. Here’s part of what Wikipedia…

  • Le Grand Introduction

    Los Angeles It’s now one week from departure. D -7 and counting! Last weekend I emailed a short letter of introduction, discussing my upcoming trip, to a number of contacts in my address book which included friend’s, family, and colleagues. I also emailed it to the ChurchillChat group on Google, thinking that there may be…

  • Introduction for ‘Churchill’s England’

    Los Angeles Here’s the letter that I emailed out to my contacts this past weekend: ———————- Dear friends, family, and colleagues, As many of you know, if we’ve spoken recently, I’ll be taking a trip at the end of the month with The Churchill Centre and the International Churchill Society called, ‘Churchill’s England’. There will…

  • Choosing a Book to Read

    Los Angeles The first time that I decided to read a book specific to a city that I was visiting was while I was in Florence three or four years ago. I found it was a brilliant and much more engaging experience to be in the midst of reading a volume about Michelangelo’s creation of…

  • Early Preparations for the Trip

    Los Angeles Time for some early preparations. I’m counting down the twenty days left before departure —all very exciting indeed! I’ll be leaving on May 18, 2006, and flying from Los Angeles directly to Heathrow on United flight 934. I’ve been planning now for weeks about what to pack and organizing everything for my departure.…