Like many Victorian children, the young Churchill was an avid lepidopterist, collecting and pinning specimens from the fields around his prep school in the 1880s At the age of six, he...

Introduced by Richard M Langworth...

In the summer of 1940, with German U-boats patrolling the seas and German bombers marshalling on the coast of France, Britain faced its first serious threat of invasion since 1805 Many found...

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...

When Winston Churchill was born in 1874, W E Forster’s Education Act, which is widely regarded as the beginning of modern mass education in this country, had only been on the...

Although not often thought of as a sportsman, Churchill was a fine fencer in his schooldays, becoming English Public Schools Champion at fencing during his time at Harrow School...

Leaving Harrow, after three years in the Army Class at Harrow School, Churchill went to a ‘crammer’ to help him pass the entrance exam to Sandhurst He eventually passed on the...

In the First World War Clementine surprised herself with her ability to organise canteens for Munitions workers on behalf of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YCMA) In the Second World War she...

Only the intervention of King George VI prevented Churchill going to observe the D-Day landings on 6 June from a battle cruiser But a few days later, with battles still being...