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Creating Churchill
Creating Churchill offers a fresh perspective on the life and legacy of the soldier, writer, and war leader Winston Churchill. As we approach the 150th anniversary of his birth on 30th November, 2024, this podcast invites listeners to look beyond the now familiar bulldog image and rediscover the real Churchill, his strengths and his weaknesses, through the eyes of contemporaries he collaborated or clashed with.
Join Cambridge University historian David Reynolds and documentary producer Russell Barnes as they explore how Churchill’s extraordinary career and personality were shaped by...
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5.0 stars from 5 ratings
“Creating Churchill is full of fascinating details about his close relationships with Chamberlain, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Stalin, and his views of Hitler and Napoleon, and through the anecdotes we learn much about the character of his allies and adversaries too. Through it all comes a deeper...”Read full review »
David Wild via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/05/24
“A rigorous reflection on not just a gigantic historical figure but on history-making as a narrative process. A new and engaging mode of doing biography. Highly recommended.”
Terri O-P via Apple Podcasts ·
Spain ·
10/14/24
Insightful conversations
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“Entertaining discussions which give fascinating insights into Churchill’s complex character. I learnt or was reminded of a lot of history in a most relaxing and enjoyable way.”
elderly listener via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/12/24
Recent Episodes
In this episode, we explore Winston Churchill’s relationship with his political opponent Clement Attlee: Labour leader, wartime coalition colleague and eventually Churchill’s successor as Prime Minister in 1945.
Published 11/21/24
Exploring Winston Churchill’s spiky relationship with the Indian nationalist, Mohandas Gandhi - a relationship that shows up some of Churchill’s blind spots and arguably puts him on the ’wrong side’ of history. Churchill notoriously described Gandhi in 1931 as ‘a seditious Middle Temple lawyer,...
Published 11/14/24
Published 11/14/24
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