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October 17, 2024 31 mins

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 relationships with the key figures in his life: friends, rivals, enemies and family.

 

In this episode: we look at Winston Churchill through his relationship with the adversaries Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, who, in many ways, would define his place in history…  

 

Creating Churchill draws on David Reynolds’  book Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him, published by HarperCollins and now out in paperback:  https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/mirrors-of-greatness-churchill-and-the-leaders-who-shaped-him-david-reynolds?variant=41228714770510

 

Produced and edited by Russell Barnes.

Music by Rich Farnsworth.

Digital marketing by Lee Mann.

Sound engineering by Andrew Chappell.

Hosted by Podbean.

 

Send your comments, voice notes and questions to info@clearstory.co.uk

 

Find us on X & Instagram: @Creating_Hist

 

Creating Churchill is a ClearStory ‘Creating History’ production.

www.clearstory.co.uk

 

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