Most secret: the story of the Bletchley Park codebreakers (video of online talk)
Discover the secrets of Bletchley Park’s codebreakers & the cracking of Enigma in this online talk. All ticket money goes to The Brain Tumour Charity […]
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GCHQ, Bletchley Park and the ‘Golf, Cheese and Chess Society’
On a refurbished Edwardian office block at 13-15 York Buildings – just down from Strand on the way to Embankment Gardens – is a green […]
The Citadel – Central London’s real wartime bunker
Squatting next to the elegant Queen Anne revival of the Old Admiralty Building (and more on that at some point) on the north side of […]
Six less than obvious tales from the Churchill War Rooms
I’ve done so many tours of the Churchill War Rooms recently (né Cabinet War Rooms, né Central War Room) that I’m half-expecting them to give […]
Recent Reading – books about Winston Churchill
I’m about to start several tours for (mainly) Americans who are following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill. We’ll be doing Chartwell, Blenheim, Bletchley Park, […]
Map of London’s Churchill Locations
I’ve been adding a few more Churchill locations to my map (see below) as well as doing a bit of housekeeping and categorisation. You can […]
The House Where Churchill Died
Hyde Park Gate is a cul de sac off the Kensington Road, a stone’s throw from the Albert Hall and Albert Memorial. It’s a mix […]
Some recent reading – London books
One thing that I always meant to do, but have never actually got around to doing, is to put up lists of favourite or recommended […]
The Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
WHAT: Statue of Sir Winston Churchill WHERE: Parliament Square (map) BY WHOM: Ivor Roberts-Jones WHEN: 1973
The Cabinet Room at the Churchill War Rooms
My Instagram Live talk from today about the Cabinet Room in the Central War Rooms and how it was used in WW2. “This is the […]