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This concept of Churchill as a man not completely obsessed - specifically during his tenure as prime minister - is just wrong. He would dictate thousands of wo

• NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  What head of state, cabinet minister, CEO, or general does not have a team of people to "slavishly" whatever? Significant use of dictation would be entirely usual among the same groups back then. Churchill seemed to consider his writing relaxation and hobby as we might surf the net, and our parents watch 5 hours of evening TV. Modern celebs and influencers have a team to maintain the social feeds, sight unseen of the celeb or artist themselves. When he took time off he'd write letters and talk about having had loads of fun writing 2000 words, and laying 200 bricks a day, along with painting a little. Bricklaying was another of his hobbies that persisted until very late in life. Started with garden walls, he worked up to building a whole cottage or two.