Churchill’s Secret is fine, I suppose – but I wonder why it was made
I couldn't fathom the purpose of this dollop of heritage television, so ivy-clad it'll soon be available on DVD from…
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Winston Churchill was a statesman, writer and the prime minister who led the United Kingdom to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative prime minister twice, from 1940 to 1945 (when he was defeated in the general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955. In his long political career beginning in 1901 Churchill, born in 1874, was for a time a Liberal MP and served as chancellor, home secretary and secretary of state for war. Find pieces from the archive, comment and analysis related to Churchill here.
I couldn't fathom the purpose of this dollop of heritage television, so ivy-clad it'll soon be available on DVD from…
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ByI’ve just been round Chartwell again. It’s as wonderful as ever – the terraces, the gardens, the ground falling steeply away…
ByChurchill: the Nation's Farewell and Modern Times: the Vikings Are Coming turn to life old and new.
ByA pre-war interview, “Should we hang Mr Churchill?” and how a wartime cabinet colleague fell under the Prime Minister's spell.
ByOur unquestioning idolatry of Winston Churchill prevents a true understanding of his life and career.
ByA first look at this week's issue.
ByReading Johnson’s The Churchill Factor is like “being harangued for hours by Bertie Wooster” writes Richard J Evans.
ByNotes by the former Gardeners’ Question Time chairman Stefan Buczacki.
ByIn January 1939, as Germany and Russia rearmed, Kingsley Martin, the editor of the New Statesman, spoke to the former…
ByIn 1926, when Winston Churchill was chancellor, miners held a strike to demand better work conditions. Churchill’s response – sending…
ByThe People’s Budget of 1909 introduced an array of unprecedented measures to tackle poverty and inequality. Its stated ambition was…
ByThe words that Cameron and John Reid ignored today.
ByThe historical inaccuracies in The King's Speech are a sign of cynical populism
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