Sir Winston Churchill died 60 years ago this week on 24 January 1965. His funeral took place on 30 January, following three days lying in state in the Palace of Westminster. It was the only ...

For Sir Winston Churchill, who died 60 years ago today aged 90, had long predicted he would pass on the same day as his father had seven decades earlier - and he did. The man who had led Britain ...

On 8 May 1945 Winston Churchill stood on a Whitehall balcony and addressed the excited crowd below. "In all our long history," he said, "we have never seen a greater day than this." Churchill had ...