The reward poster issued for the recapture of ‘the escaped prisioner [sic] of war’, ‘dead or alive’ copyright: Churchill Archives Centre, Broadwater Collection...

I like things to happen, and if they don’t happen I like to make them happen.

Of the ‘big three’ Allied leaders (the others were Stalin and Roosevelt), it was Churchill who did the most travelling during the Second World War, to keep up the necessary discussions,...

Churchill watched the momentous crossing with General Bernard Montgomery – and even had a picnic lunch on the banks of the river He and Montgomery then crossed the Rhine into enemy...

Churchill with other captured British soldiers during the Boer War (he is standing on the far right) copyright: Churchill Archives Centre, Broadwater Collection...

I never 'worry' about action, but only about inaction.

In 1943, it was calculated that he’d travelled 110,000 miles by ship or plane since the beginning of the war Before his speech to the British troops in Carthage, for example, he’d...

British soldiers at Malakand (with Indian sepoys) on the North West frontier copyright: Wikipedia, Public Domain...

Translation of a description of Churchill issued for his recapture by H C Breaul to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, 20 December 1899 (Churchill Archive Papers, Churchill College etc) It notes,...