Churchill’s Urinal review – Rosie Holt’s pisstake chancellor turns it up to No 11
An office toilet once used by the wartime PM sparks a culture war in this frenzied show about politics and patriarchy
Winston Churchill: The Painter review – We will daub them on the beaches
Intended to relieve the stresses of office, especially during wartime, Churchill’s amateurish works have an overpowering joy – but his donkeys would make Lowry blush
A leak at No 11: Rachel Reeves and the satire about the urinal she couldn’t get rid of
When she broke through the glass ceiling and became chancellor, Reeves found her office had its own latrine. Rosie Holt reveals why she turned the story into a play called Churchill’s Urinal
March 2026
Trump is flailing in Iran. Every word he says adds to the muddle
Ted Widmer
From the Guardian archive
Winston Churchill delivers his ‘iron curtain’ speech – archive, 1946
January 2026
Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions
Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England scheme
December 2025
Lord Maxton obituary
Labour MP, working peer and champion of Scottish devolution who believed Westminster should be turned into a museum
August 2025
‘Weirdly compelling’: the tale of Winston Churchill’s ‘interim’ platypus
Like Clement Attlee, Keir Starmer must rise to the occasion
May 2025
London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum
Complex built during second world war is to include military equipment, interactive exhibitions and a bar
April 2025
Allies at War by Tim Bouverie review – a revelatory study of second world war alliances
In focusing on the multilateral bonds that were forged to defeat Hitler, this entertaining account offers fresh disclosures about the course of the war
February 2025
Special relationships: UK prime ministers visiting US presidents – in pictures
A look back at previous trips to the US by British PMs, including Trump holding May’s hand, Heath’s fireside chat with Nixon, and Churchill and Truman
Brief letters
My wife has put me in the Doge house
Brief letters: Department of Government Efficiency | White House media | Dictators | Winston Churchill | Trump in Ukraine | Come again?
Churchill in Moscow review – the British bulldog’s gripping meeting with Stalin
There are laugh-aloud gags and spiky dialogue as Roger Allam and Peter Forbes share the stage in Howard Brenton’s play about the 1942 encounter
January 2025
Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2024
‘I was terrified about parental backlash’: taking contested history into schools
Parallel Histories, one of three charities the Guardian is supporting this year, helps students navigate contemporary conflicts
November 2024
We shall satirise him on the beaches… Churchill through the eyes of cartoonists – in pictures
Depictions of the British leader are celebrated in a new show at the Imperial War Museum in London
October 2024
Richard Woodman obituary
Writer who drew on his own experience at sea in a series of novels and historical works about the British merchant navy
September 2024
Portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Canada hotel discovered in Italy
Suspect has been arrested and charged while ‘Roaring Lion’ photograph is to return to lobby of Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in coming weeks
August 2024
Calls for return of Churchill’s national restaurant service to tackle food inequality
How gift of Monet painting brightened demoralised Churchill’s postwar years
