Churchill’s love of the high life

Winston Churchill's love of living well meant he was always short of a bob or two.

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Winston Churchill lived a life beyond his means

Winston Churchill was famously sybaritic: he loved good wine, expensive cigars, polo ponies, racehorses and gambling. Surprisingly little has been written about this side of Churchill, but in No More Champagne, David Lough, a former banker, seeks to fill the gap, as does Simon Read in Winston Churchill Reporting, a book that covers the great man's adventurous early life.

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