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Winston Churchill

Contrasting biographies of iconic leader Winston Churchill show how perceptions of historical figures change with the passing of time, says David Cannadine. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Did Churchill’s postwar speeches save the world?

The president of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt and his staff gathered together in New York to find a solution to the economic crisis. 1935. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Icons: the game changers of the 20th century

Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt exchanged almost 700 messages during the Second World War. (Illustration by Hugh Cowling for BBC History Magazine)

Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt: the big three’s war of words

Sir Winston Churchill leaves his London home for Chartwell, Kent. (Photo by PA-Images)

A new life of Churchill

Winston Churchill pictured in July 1964, a few months before his 90th birthday – a milestone that he marked with tears. The prime minister would cry at everything from suffering pets and march-pasts to dying friends and poetry recitals. (Picture by PA Images)

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Churchill: The ‘cry-baby’ war hero

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor playing Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII in the 1963 film, Cleopatra. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

The 7 best couples in history

British prime minister Winston Churchill delivering a speech at Westminster College that addressed the Communist threat in 1946, in which he uttered the now-famous phrase 'Iron Curtain'. (Photo by George Skadding/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Churchill’s greatest speeches

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History Weekends 2018: 5 minutes with Andrew Roberts

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Challenging British heroes

Norsk Hydro's Vermork plant

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The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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My history hero: Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

Gary Oldman portrays Winson Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'. (© 2017 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

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‘Darkest Hour’: an interview with director Joe Wright

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Churchill’s darkest hour

Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting

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Churchill’s days of destiny