A mile and a half off the coast of #Orkney Lord Kitchener was one of 600 men who drowned when #HMSHampshire was lost a few days after the Battle of #Jutland. This of all weeks was the one that almost caused George V to have a nervous breakdown during #WW1 He was devastated. | Alexandra Churchill

500 paintings signed Churchill. Yes, that Churchill. We know Churchill for his wartime speeches… but many ignore that he painted with the same intensity. In the silence of his brushes, he found a kind of peace that neither politics nor victories could offer. Winston Churchill (1874–1965) began painting at the age of 40, in 1915, after his political downfall following the Dardanelles disaster. It was a deeply personal turning point: he discovered painting as true therapy against depression. A pas

Winston Churchill was one of the best-known, and some say one of the greatest, statesmen of the 20th century. Though he was born into a life of privilege, he dedicated himself to public service. Churchill was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1874. https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/winston-churchill | HISTORY