Sir Winston Churchill is almost unanimously regarded as a hero in Western society.
In this country we voted him the Greatest Ever Briton; ahead of Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton.
Churchill had significant flaws, including some caustic opinions and brutal decisions which were very much of their time.
These flaws are widely-acknowledged.
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Oct 2023
Who moulded Winston Churchill?
Winston Churchill’s remarkable career saw him interact with many of the other great figures of the age, many of whom had a profound impact on Britain’s wartime leader. Speaking to Rob Attar, Professor David Reynolds examines Churchill’s relationships with the likes of Stalin, Mus ... Show More
51m 26s
May 2025
Never In The Field Of Human Conflict
Winston Churchill had only been Prime Minister for three months when, on 20th August, 1940, he delivered ‘The Few’ - one of his most iconic speeches - in the House of Commons. Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider how and why Churchill’s paean to the courage of RAF pilots during the B ... Show More
12m 24s
<p>Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time.</p><p>We discussed</p><p>* Churchill the applied historian,</p><p>* Napoleon the startup founder,</p><p>* why Nazi ideology cost Hitler WW2,</p><p>* drones, reconnaissance, and other a ... Show More
