If there is name that stands out above all others when we look at the allies' victory of the Second World War, it must be Winston Churchill's.[...]
In 1915, Churchill was forced to resign from the wartime British government. He was 40 years old and thought his political career was finished. He became deeply depressed, but was rescued during a family holiday by his discovery of the 'muse of painting'. Churchill's fascination with painting contin[...]
This CD features highlights of ten major speeches given by the British Prime Minister. The tracks include: 'First Ten Weeks of the War' (November 1939); Churchill Welcomes the Vanguard (April 1940); Speaking at the Imperial Conference (June 1941); Speech to London County Council (July 1941); Address[...]
To so many British children growing up in 1950s and 1960s Britain, Fridays meant only one thing - thousands of youngsters would race to their local newsagents, pennies in hand and sometimes parents in tow, to buy the latest edition of Eagle comic. Each issue of the Eagle was chocablock with adventur[...]