Churchill’s taste and style in eating and drinking are in evidence today at the Churchill Bar & Terrace, at the Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill, where the Bar serves Churchill...

While in India with his regiment in the late 1890s, Churchill had read voraciously; making up for his lack of university education, he devoured works by Plato, Adam Smith, Darwin –...

Several of the artists painted Churchill’s portrait, including Nicholson, who drew Churchill in the 1940s as a Breton fisherman (in a ‘siren suit’), and Sickert Sickert painted Churchill’s portrait in...

One example of this public school amateurism is the University Boat Race between Cambridge and Oxford which had been taking place since 1829 Notable races included the dead heat of 1877...

Whilst tennis, cricket and rowing were the sports of the middle class, footballwas very much an urban working-class game and many of the clubs we know today grew out of factory...

A keen customer of the world’s grandest hotels, many still broadcast Churchill’s patronage Among those with the closest celebrating the connection are:...

Elvis Presley’s ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ shot straight to the top of the charts in 1956, making Presley one of the most iconic figures of his time Presley’s addiction to prescription drugs and...

Although he was given presents of more cigars than he could ever smoke, Churchill also spent a considerable amount of money on Havana cigars Churchill’s fondness...

Churchill, of course, had to have the best footwear, too Peal & Co Bootmakers, founded in 1791 by Samuel Peal, were shoemakers with a client list that included crowned heads of...