Articles
Ronnie's Friend Maggie
The phrase, inevitably, is Winston Churchill's. Long an advocate of Anglo-American alliance, the wartime British Prime Minister often spoke of what he called the...
The Last Lion Author Paul Reid on How He Came to Write Churchill’s Biography—and His Eight-Year Struggle to Complete It
How does a journalist who has never written a book before end up finishing a bestselling biography series of the most commanding British statesman of modern...
OMG! First Use of Abbreviation Found in a 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill
Lord Fisher's Twitter account would have ruled. First use of OMG was in his 1917 Letter to Winston Churchill
The Ugly Briton
Few statesmen of the 20th century have reputations as outsize as Winston Churchill's. And yet his assiduously self-promoted image as what the author Harold...
The Wit of Abdurrahman Wahid
Egypt held a competition to guess the age of a mummy. France, Germany and the U.S. sent archaeologists. Indonesia sent a military officer. The French team spent...
Photo Essays
The Ruins of Normandy: Unpublished Color Photos From France, 1944
The ruins left behind after warfare speak a language of their own. And, even more strikingly, no matter where the conflict has taken place — whether it’s in...
Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From England and France, 1944
It’s no mystery why images of unremitting violence spring to mind when one hears the deceptively simple term, “D-Day.” We’ve all seen — in photos, movies, old...
Time.com Specials
Top 10 Songs That Aren't Sung
Winston Churchill's soaring World War II speeches set to music have recently (and surprisingly) hit the charts in the U.K. TIME takes a look at other pop numbers...
Top 10 Weird Government Secrets
It's not just military secrets that governments keep close. And some information, like the recently revealed allegation that Winston Churchill ordered a cover-up...
