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This was the prime minister’s first home on his own — and now the Mayfair residence seeks a new steward for its next chapter.
In the attic of a Nazi concentration camp, a hidden radio crackled to life – and Winston Churchill’s voice filled the air. He ...
An insight into Sir Winston Churchill's wartime domestic life was revealed today when his living quarters in the historic Cabinet War Rooms were officially opened. Churchill directed politicians ...
The prime minister oversaw the war from a London bunker (the Cabinet War Rooms, above, adjacent to the new Churchill Museum) and from the field. In 1909, at age 35, he had already expressed an ...
Follow minute by minute details of Britain's VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945 as the nation celebrated victory over Nazi ...
with the Churchill War Rooms in London and IWM Duxford in Cambridgeshire. We hold more than 33 million objects that tell the story of war and conflict, and the vast majority of these relate to the ...
On 8 May 1945, after nearly six years of global conflict, Britain and its Allies celebrated Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), ...
As the country marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, look back at our unique blog to relive the key events and images from ...
The declaration of victory over Hitler brought rare and unrestrained joy for Britons. But as Europe once more searches for ...
Memories of street parties held on VE Day in 1945 have been flooding back to those who were there during an event in ...