http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/17/appeasements-oscar/print The King’s Speech has just walked off with Oscars aplenty, including Best Picture and Best Director for Tom Hooper. Why quibble with the success of a widely-praised piece of entertainment? Even some historians seem satisfied by the film. Ben Macintyre, for example, writing in the London Times, contends that Hooper has “gone to extraordinary … Continue reading THE APPEASEMENT OSCAR: DANIEL MANDEL