“In the course of my life,” Winston Churchill once said, “I have often had to eat my own words, and I must confess I have always found it a wholesome diet.” From ambitious subaltern to high-flying minister, Cabinet outcast to elder statesman, there is no doubt Churchill had an appointment with destiny… and did so in large measure through his mastery of the English language.

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, during the Churchill Society’s spring banquet at Toronto’s Albany Club, historian Ted Barris will reflect on the numerous occasions when his research has crossed paths with Churchill’s eloquence in written and spoken form. Drawing from a handful of his own books on the First and Second World War, Barris will offer words and anecdotes that have struck his fancy from the vast Churchillian repertoire.

Ted Barris has published 20 non-fiction books, half of them wartime histories. His book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story won the 2014 Libris Award as Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada. His book Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany received the 2019 NORAD Trophy from the RCAF Association. And his book Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Price for Non-Fiction in Canada.