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14 Feb 2022: It all seems rather topical, with radio signals from space once again appearing in the news.

9 Feb 2022: We welcome submissions from researchers who have found something in our collections which you think our blog readers should know about.

22 Feb 2022: A display from a lecture by Cherish Watton, based on her MPhil research about women’s scrapbooks on political and diplomatic activity.

26 Jan 2022: Churchill Archive Centre actively conserves and preserves the documents, papers and artefacts that compose a rich, historic collection.

11 Feb 2022: These exercises are specially designed to enable teachers and students to make use of archive material in the classroom.

10 Feb 2022: Guide to the papers of the First World War propaganda Chief and first Foreign Office historian Sir James Headlam-Morley.

2 Mar 2022: The Archives Centre welcomes the opportunity to share its collections with a wider audience through loans to temporary exhibitions.

21 Dec 2022: In 2018 we curated a display that illustrated Margaret MacMillan’s discussion of how the First World War is reflected on today.

11 Feb 2022: The Churchill Era, by Churchill Archives Centre, is designed to enable teachers and students to make use of archive material in the classroom.

2 Feb 2022: Information about the ownership of the Thatcher Papers, releases of documents to the public, and contact details for more information.

11 Feb 2022: To what extent was Churchill to blame for the failure of the Dardanelles campaign, also known as Gallipoli, during the First World War?

27 Jan 2022: A list of recent national and international exhibitions to which Churchill Archives Centre loaned items from our collections for display.

2 Feb 2022: View a chronological summary of Sir Winston Churchill's personal, military, parliamentary and ministerial life.

11 Feb 2022: This enquiry considers the issue of whether it is right to view Churchill as a lone voice of reason in his opposition to appeasement.

29 Mar 2022: Collecting Policy for the archive of Churchill College itself, expanding on the main Churchill Archives Centre collecting policy.

21 Dec 2022: The aim of this policy is to state and communicate the principles that guide the preservation activities of the Archives Centre.

26 Jan 2022: Follow the links to documents relating to the Dardanelles campaign, then return to this page for our question section.

20 Jan 2022: the news of their engagement, timing it for maximum political advantage.

8 Mar 2022: This policy states and communicates the principles that guide collection development and acquisition activities.

26 Jan 2022: Follow the links to documents relating to the Dardanelles campaign, then return to this page for our question section.

21 Dec 2022: An introduction to the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, including a complete list of classes and custodial history.

11 Feb 2022: Take a look at Churchill's own judgement on Haig's handling of the 1918 crisis. What judgement do you reach on Haig's generalship?

25 Jan 2022: Churchill's reply to Richard Acland, a leading Liberal politician, who had asked about military strength compared to Germany, 9 October 1938.

14 Feb 2022: A D Lindsay's election address, October 1938, for the Oxford City by-election. Focusing on appeasement, peace, and the League of Nations.

14 Feb 2022: Letter to Quintin Hogg from Elizabeth Whitley, Oct 1938, responding to his address for the Oxford City by-election and support for Chamberlain

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2 Feb 2022: Churchill was jubilant, remarking when he heard the news of Pearl Harbor: “So we have won after all!”.

25 Jan 2022: Lord Rothermere wrote to Churchill on 15 Oct 1938 warning him to mute his criticism of Chamberlain or face the electoral consequences.

26 Jan 2022: Churchill takes his message to the country in a statement given on the telephone to the Press Association, 13 April 1938

26 Jan 2022: Churchill expresses his frustration with the Air Defence Research Committee in a letter to Kingsley Wood (Sec of State for Air), 9 June 1938

11 Feb 2022: When he was writing "The World Crisis", Churchill asked Haig to comment on the drafts of the chapter dealing with the events of 1917-18.

25 Jan 2022: In Oct 1937 Churchill sent his old friend and colleague Sir Maurice Hankey information about German rearmament that he had illicitly obtained.

26 Jan 2022: Government and Civil Service reaction to Churchill's interventions on rearmament. Maurice Hankey discusses the "Winston problem", March 1937.

26 Jan 2022: Lindemann clashes with the Air Defence Research Committee. Letter from Professor Sir Henry Tizard to Professor Lindemann, 18 June 1936.

25 Jan 2022: Churchill warns of German rearmament. Extracts from text of Churchill's speech in the House of Commons, 19 March 1935.

27 Jan 2022: In Oct 1938, shortly after the Munich crisis, Churchill received this letter from a leading Liberal politician asking about military strength.

26 Jan 2022: Churchill looks back at the death in 1936 of Ralph Wigram, one of Churchill's most important sources of information from within Whitehall.

28 Jan 2022: Some on the left distrust Churchill's motives for his stand against appeasement, G F Hudson writes to Patrick Gordon-Walker.

11 Feb 2022: Haig and his critics: compare a memo by Lord French to the War Cabinet in 1917 and Maurice Hankey’s diary entries from 1917-1918.

22 Feb 2022: An exhibition, on display 2018-2019, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act.

11 Feb 2022: Key words, terms, and names included in The Churchill Era educational resource may be checked in this glossary.

14 Feb 2022: Challenge the view of Churchill in the 1930s as a “Great Man”, and consider the political figures Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain.

11 Feb 2022: Compare three documents from 1908-1909 relating to the naval race between Germany and Britain, and answer questions about the documents.

14 Feb 2022: The Oxford by-election gathered international interest. The news magazine Picture Post commented:. ... The centre of Oxford is dominated by its ancient university, where dons (university teachers) and students would read the latest newspaper reports and

11 Feb 2022: As the twentieth century dawned, for the first time Britain's naval power was challenged, by the strong new empire of Germany.

14 Feb 2022: What was Churchill's reputation in the 1930s? General opinion of Churchill was much less favourable than it was of Baldwin or Chamberlain.

14 Feb 2022: In 1934 the League of Nations Union Ilford organised a local referendum on the League, Locarno treaties, disarmament and the arms trade.

28 Oct 2022: This exercise focuses on a report to London by Hugh Watson, Naval Attaché (naval expert) at the British Embassy in Berlin, 12 March 1913.

19 Jul 2022: Recordings of talks from the Keeping and Making Diaries conference, held over 3 days at Churchill College in March-April 2022.

21 Dec 2022: Speaking on the news, Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre said:. ... As the reaction to this news shows, there is huge research interest in her as a political figure and in the events of her life and premiership, and the material