This had a profound impact on Churchill: it convinced him of the need to make his mark early in life. His first public address came in unexpected surroundings – the Empire Theatre in Leicester ...
Churchill's prose as a false front, a hollow sham. Revivals are not false as such: the Gothic Revival, for example, represented a passionate and intense attitude towards life, and while some ...
Clarissa Eden’s mother Gwendeline, known as Goonie, wrote a series of flirtatious letters to Winston Churchill There have been few occasions in my life when I have read letters that have made my ...
Melvyn Bragg presents an analysis and celebration of the remarkable language, voice and vocal acrobatics displayed throughout his life by Sir Winston Churchill. Prof David Cannadine reflects on ...