so when i went to the churchill archives, i obviously wanted to read his papers and they were very helpful. before i went there, i sent him an email saying, these are the papers i'm interested in these collections. churchill, general spears, admiral somerville and they said, well, they're all accessible except for one private folder for admiral somerville. it's restricted and it's the letters to his wife and the family diary and the only way you can have access is if his grandson, christopher somerville, who's a writer in the uk, provide grants you that. so i said, well, how do i do that? and he said, well, send us, write a letter, send it to us, we'll let you know if it's okay. so i drafted a letter to mr. somerville, sent it to the archivist at cambridge, and she wrote back instantly and said, your letter is perfectly adequate, which i thought was just a an endearing british term. and at one point i thought about calling up until i found richard, what story i was thinking about calling that book perfectly adequate, which it had been totally meaningless. but that story stayed with me and

so when i went to the churchill archives, i obviously wanted to read his papers and they were very helpful. before i went there, i sent him an email saying, these are the papers i'm interested in these collections. churchill, general spears, admiral somerville and they said, well, they're all accessible except for one private folder for admiral somerville. it's restricted and it's the letters to his wife and the family diary and the only way you can have access is if his grandson, christopher somerville, who's a writer in the uk, provide grants you that. so i said, well, how do i do that? and he said, well, send us, write a letter, send it to us, we'll let you know if it's okay. so i drafted a letter to mr. somerville, sent it to the archivist at cambridge, and she wrote back instantly and said, your letter is perfectly adequate, which i thought was just a an endearing british term. and at one point i thought about calling up until i found richard, what story i was thinking about calling that book perfectly adequate, which it had been totally meaningless. but that story stayed with me and