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DIED. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, 96, American-born widow of England's ninth Duke of Marlborough; in Northampton, England. Friend of Degas, Rilke and Proust-who praised her "magnificence and charm"-the Duchess presided over Blenheim Palace until she and her husband separated in 1933. For the past four decades, she had lived reclusively in a farmhouse with dozens of spaniels...
...that she was selling family heirlooms and that she was getting no aid from the state beyond a $26-a-week old-age pension, the response was outrage. Declared the Daily Mail: "When Marlborough, Churchill's illustrious ancestor, beat off England's enemies, the nation gave him Blenheim Palace. Is it too much to ask that Parliament, by speedy and special resolution, now grant a modest pension to Sir Winston's widow? That at least would be an act of belated grace...
...something of a truism that to put off making a decision is itself a decision. The parliamentary process is essentially a system of delay and deliberation. So, for that matter, is the creation of a great painting, or an entree, or a book, or a building like Blenheim Palace, which took the Duke of Marlborough's architects and laborers 15 years to construct. In the process, the design can mellow and marinate. Indeed, hurry can be the assassin of elegance. As T.H. White, author of Sword in the Stone, once wrote, time "is not meant to be devoured...
...Susan Hampshire the star. She plays Sarah Churchill, who, she concluded after researching through some 25 books, was "the most important woman in England who hasn't been Queen." The hero, John Churchill (John Neville), an estimable court counselor and the military strategist behind the victory at Blenheim, became the first Duke of Marlborough. (The late Sir Winston was his direct descendant.) The performances are marked by uncommon grace and gusto, and the antique language is delivered with perfect aplomb. The outstanding supporting actor: either James Villiers, who plays Charles II, or the spaniel he constantly cuddles (a special...
...91st anniversary of his birth, a sheaf of chrysanthemums with a card "From Clemmie" was laid on the grave of Sir Winston Churchill in St. Martin's churchyard in Bladon, not far from Blenheim Palace, where he was born...