[lbo-talk] Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll

[Mike Ballard]

LONDON (AFP) — Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll
out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a
myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard
the Lionheart was a myth.

And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The
same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually
exist.

Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is
a work of fiction himself.

Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke
of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.

Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective
Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional
pilot and adventurer Biggles.

UKTV Gold television surveyed 3,000 people.

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