Strength is granted to us all when we are needed to serve great causes.
~Winston Churchill, Waldorf Astoria, New York, 'Sinews of Peace', 15 March 1946
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This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
~Winston Churchill, Harrow School, 29 October 1941
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Join us June 9 for an extraordinary evening at The
👁 Join us June 9 for an extraordinary evening at The Wallace Collection celebrating Winston Churchill not as wartime leader, but as artist.
The International Churchill Society invites you to join us at a private event to enjoy and celebrate the Wallace Collection's exhibit, Winston Churchill: The Painter.
Guests will gather for an elegant cocktail reception featuring Pol Roger champagne—Churchill’s favorite—before enjoying an exclusive, after-hours access to the exhibition. This intimate experience offers rare access to Churchill’s paintings in the remarkable setting.
The evening will include special remarks from distinguished speakers, thoughtful reflections on Churchill’s artistic legacy, and ample opportunity to connect with fellow patrons in a convivial and historic atmosphere.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime cultural experience—refined, engaging, and distinctly Churchillian.
Space is strictly limited to preserve the private nature of the evening. Early reservations are strongly encouraged.
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👁 We are bringing this post back --- a different spin on Pi. Did Sir Winston Churchill, while lost as a young MP, stumble into a bakery that still exists today and find one of his favorite pies? We don't know for sure, but it is an interesting tale and sounds like a tasty pie. Happy PI Day from ICS! Read more about the bakery: https://www.manchestersfinest.com/eating-and-drinking/the-200-year-old-pie-that-was-a-favourite-of-winston-churchills/
March 14 is Pi Day, a celebration of mathematics a
👁 March 14 is Pi Day, a celebration of mathematics and the constant that helps describe everything from circles to the structure of the universe.
Winston Churchill understood that scientific and mathematical thinking were not abstract pursuits. They were essential to national survival and progress. During the Second World War, he championed radar, codebreaking, and technological innovation that relied on the work of mathematicians and scientists.
The Tizard Mission: The Churchillian Gamble
The year 1940 was Britain’s "Darkest Hour." Winston Churchill knew that without a technological miracle, the U-boat blockade and the Luftwaffe would eventually strangle the island nation. In a move of unprecedented trust, Churchill authorized the Tizard Mission to bring Britain’s most precious secrets to the United States. The centerpiece was the resonant cavity magnetron, a device capable of generating high-power microwaves that could detect objects at vast distances.
When the British mission arrived, they did not find their most effective partner in the halls of the Pentagon, but in the private laboratory of Alfred Loomis. Recognizing the magnetron's potential as "the most valuable cargo ever brought to our shores," Loomis didn't wait for congressional funding or military approval. He used his own financial resources to immediately assemble a "brain trust" and prototype the first microwave radar sets. This private-public partnership, catalyzed in Tuxedo Park, led to the founding of the MIT Radiation Laboratory. It provided the "eyes" that allowed Allied pilots to spot U-boat snorkels in the Atlantic and bombers through the clouds of Europe. As the saying goes: "The Atomic Bomb ended the war, but Radar won it.
Leadership, Churchill believed, required the courage to trust knowledge and the people who pursue it.
Would you like to visit Tuxedo Park with us on an exclusive even in May? Email us at: events@winstonchurchill.org
Early BIRD - DON'T MISS THE $1865 special! The In
👁 Early BIRD - DON'T MISS THE $1865 special! The International Churchill Society's forty-third conference will be held from October 15 to 17, 2026. EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE OUT BUT LIMITED!: https://winstonchurchill.org/2026-international-churchill-conference/
This year, we recognize the 250th Anniversary of America and commemorate the strong ties and connections of Sir Winston Churchill to the United States. The birthplace of liberty, Philadelphia, is an ideal venue for discussing Winston Churchill's American roots, inspiration he drew from the founding fathers, and the lessons of leadership that our nation’s birth and Sir Winston’s example serve for today
Winston Churchill strongly supported the use of in
👁 Winston Churchill strongly supported the use of intelligence and irregular warfare during the Second World War. Under his leadership, Britain expanded clandestine operations through organizations such as the Special Operations Executive (SOE), created in 1940 to conduct sabotage, espionage, and resistance operations in occupied Europe. Churchill famously instructed SOE to “set Europe ablaze,” reflecting his enthusiasm for unconventional warfare against Nazi Germany.
Women became some of SOE’s most effective field agents. Many were recruited because they could move with less suspicion in occupied Europe and often possessed valuable language skills or family connections on the continent.
Violette Szabo was one of the most celebrated agents of Britain’s Special Operations Executive operating in occupied France. Born in Paris to a French mother and British father, she was perfectly bilingual. After her husband, a French Foreign Legion officer, was killed at the Second Battle of El Alamein in 1942, she joined SOE in 1943.
She parachuted into France twice as an SOE courier. On her second mission in June 1944, shortly after D-Day, she was captured after a fierce gunfight with German troops while covering the escape of resistance members. She was later deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she was executed in February 1945.
She was posthumously awarded the George Cross, Britain’s highest civilian gallantry medal.
