Sipping tea in their suburban home, Jan Creamer and her husband Tim Phillips look like an ordinary couple putting their feet up. But appearances could not be more deceptive. This formidable pair have

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Although I realise that it is a favourite pastime among historians, particularly the British, to demonstrate that our idols have feet of clay, I must protest at the inclusion of Winston Churchill in t