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Chasing Churchill: In Search of my Grandfather

Winston Churchill and his granddaughter, Celia Sandys (DCL)

Celia Sandys travelled extensively with Churchill towards the end of his life. Now, in this intimate portrait of her grandfather, she will be our guide as we follow in Churchill’s footsteps to the furthest reaches of the world.

By examining his art and literature, we will re-live his dreams, understand his anxieties and share his innermost thoughts.

We will travel to France, with which he had a love affair throughout his life, especially the south of France, a painter’s dream. We go to Cuba and South Africa, where, when little more than a boy, he began to write prodigiously.

We also take a trip to the United States, his vital wartime ally, his mother’s native land and the place where he said, if he was granted his time again, he would like to be born. And we pay a visit to Morocco - his favourite place to paint.

For Churchill, life was a battle: to defeat those who would threaten his way of life or his country; to overcome all the weaknesses he or others perceived in him; to express himself in pictures, words and deeds like few others have ever done.

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