They [the dictators] are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home – all the more powerful because forbidden – terrify them.

This is the transcript of Churchill’s impromptu speech in the late afternoon of 8 May 1945 to the enormous crowds outside the Ministry of Health in Whitehall You can download the transcript...

This is the transcript of Churchill’s second impromptu speech to the crowds gathered in the London streets outside the Ministry of Health You can download the transcript here...

Here are pages from Churchill’s speech at the tree planting ceremony where he talks about the importance of scientific training to maintain Britain’s position in the world...

On Churchill’s eightieth birthday on 30 November 1954, Parliament assembled in Westminster Hall to honour him In his speech that day, Churchill acknowledged the role that writing and speech-making had played...

In this article in the Daily Telegraph, Warren Dockter lists Churchill’s ‘ten most influential’ speeches, with photos and extracts...

It’s worth knowing, though, that many quotes that people think are Churchill’s aren’t in fact his; many are incorrectly attributed to him probably because they ‘sound too good to be by...

Introduced by Richard M Langworth Churchill was a natural writer, a stylist The soaring oratory people heard in the Second World War occurred because Britain was led by a professional writer This...

You can search our ‘shop’ to look for books by Churchill, but here’s a checklist of all his key books The books published in the final couple of years of Churchill’s life,...