• 2025 Antcliffe Lecture: ‘Challenges in UK Foreign Policy’, by Baroness Ashton

    Wolfson Lecture Theatre Churchill College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    The 10th annual John Antcliffe Lecture in British politics will be delivered at Churchill College, Cambridge, by Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland on 17th March 2025. Register for this free event BARONESS CATHERINE ASHTON LG GCMG, PC  Baroness Catherine Ashton served as the European Union’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from […]

  • “The Case for Gas”: National Energy Transition in Postwar Britain

    Sixties Room Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • The Master’s Book Club

    Professor Sharon Peacock FMedSci CBE in conversation with Mr Allen Packwood & Lord Richard Dannatt, authors of ‘Churchill’s D-Day: The Inside Story’

  • Cambridge Festival Open Afternoon

    Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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 looks after the papers of politicians, civil servants, social scientists, campaigners, journalists, military leaders, and scientists. Visit our reading rooms to see archival treasures from […]

  • Archives Centre Open Day

    Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College Churchill College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Bob Edwards centenary: His life, work and legacy

    Wolfson Lecture Theatre Churchill College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement in historical perspective

    Churchill College Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Geopolitical Risk: Learning from the Past – Shaping the Future. 

    Møller Institute Storey's Way, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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 […]