Free talk by Dr Kathy Davies Until the late 1960s, Britain powered its homes, industries, and empire with coal. Coal consumption reached its peak in the postwar period, but by the end of the century, the national energy landscape had dramatically changed. Over 90% of households used gas-fired systems and Britain was a net exporter […]
Professor Sharon Peacock FMedSci CBE in conversation with Mr Allen Packwood & Lord Richard Dannatt, authors of ‘Churchill’s D-Day: The Inside Story’
Home to over 600 collections on the history of modern Britain, the Archives Centre opens its doors for an open day as part of the Cambridge Festival. The Archives Centre […]
Home to over 600 collections on the history of modern Britain, Churchill Archives Centre opens its doors for an open day, as part of Open Cambridge. The Archives Centre looks […]
Join us for this panel session on Robert Edwards’ Life and Legacy chaired by Roger Highfield (Director of the Science Museum Group). The panel will feature Emma Barnett (British Broadcaster and Journalist […]
Free lecture by Richard Vinen, Professor of History at King’s College London. British history is often seen as being, as David Cannadine once put it, ‘In Churchill’s Shadow.’ It is, […]
On 15 November 1985 the governments of the United Kingdom and of Ireland signed an Agreement – with the status of an international treaty – which stipulated that Dublin would […]
A Churchill Archives Conference “Last time I saw it all coming and cried aloud to my own fellow-countrymen and the world, but no one paid any attention.” In Fulton, Missouri […]