On his arrival in Durban in December 1899, Churchill was hailed a war hero copyright: Reproduced from the Baroness Spencer Churchill Papers with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd,...

Here he writes to his brother, Jack, who was with the forces in the Dardanelles, saying ‘the vital thing is not to break off because of losses but to persevere This...

Churchill ‘during one of his darkest hours’, 1916, by Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, oil on canvas copyright: Lent by the Churchill Chattels Trust; Image National Portrait Gallery, London...

The Government encouraged the British people to ‘dig for victory’ – planting their own fruit and vegetables – and to keep chickens and pigs to supplement their diet copyright: IWM...

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