With Keir Starmer, the 5th British prime minister in ten years now sitting in an ejector seat, the nation is dreaming of a “new Churchill”, but is this the ideal role model for Britain’s current predicament?
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Gallipoli was a hastily launched military campaign over a maritime choke point – and has parallels with the Strait of Hormuz.
Proposed changes to UK banknotes reveal the power of cultural memory on national identity.
Donald Trump has said Keir Starmer is ‘no Churchill’, but his dismissal is based on a simplified version of history.
The US president has turned on Keir Starmer over the conflict in Iran.
Recent studies have shown declining levels of trust in democratic systems. We asked experts to consider democracy’s strengths and weaknesses.
In the 1930s, many foreign correspondents refused to cover Germany. Instead, George Ward Price got close to Hitler – and was rebuked by Churchill.
Back in 1940, FDR wasn’t convinced that de Gaulle could be an effective leader in exile. It turns out he was wrong.
Packed with newspaper clippings, drawings and handwritten reflections, WI community scrapbooks provide a glimpse into how mourning unfolded across rural England.
Second acts in politics have historically been marred by leaders who are unable, or unwilling, to adjust to unexpected developments in the domestic, economic or global arenas.
The fight up the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc and the battle across Omaha Beach were spearheaded by a relatively new type of unit: Army Rangers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
The NATO summit is a chance for world leaders to hash out difficult topics, like the war in Ukraine – and for the US to show off its leadership, writes a former diplomat.
Both Churchill and Johnson had a complicated relationship with the Conservative Party.
Tariq Ali’s scathing new book assessing Winston Churchill’s life and legacy paints him as a racist opportunist but overstates Churchill’s enduring influence on politics today.
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
Oversimplified versions of the past lead to bad political decisions.
History brought Ukraine’s plight home to people around the world, and helped mobilize political and military support against the Russian invasion.
Computers can now mimic everything from literary characters to Nirvana songs.
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Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
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