CHURCHILL & SCOTLAND

Exploring Winston Churchill’s connections to Scotland

"Although an Englishman, it was in Scotland that I found the three best things in my life: my wife, my constituency and my regiment."

Our team is working with the International Churchill Society to investigate, collate and promote Winston Churchill’s connections with Scotland.

Alastair Stewart, Neil McLennan and David Freeman are researching and working towards the publication of a collated analysis of Churchill’s connections with Scotland.

Press Coverage & Analysis

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The Herald

THE HERALD

THE BIG READ: Hero or villain? The battle for the truth about Winston Churchill and Scotland

The Times

It’s time for Scotland to reclaim Winston Churchill (PDF)

The Scotsman

THE SCOTSMAN

Think Winston Churchill hated Scotland? Think again

Winston Churchill was close friends with a founder and leader of the SNP, Andrew Dewar Gibb, and supported Scottish home rule

VE Day: Why Britain is not overly obsessed with the Second World War

Thatcher, Churchill and the Lib Dems: The danger posed by simplistic judgements

Churchill’s roar drowns out Johnson’s huge ego

Dear John McDonnell, if Winston Churchill is a villain, who is a hero?

Scottish independence would strip Churchill of his ‘Britishness’

What Donald Tusk can learn from Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill: Ross Greer is wrong, but so is Piers Morgan

Churchill once defended ‘Scottish nationalism’ at Ibrox stadium

Johnson should take care what conflicts he conjures up (print only)

Edinburgh Evening News

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Churchill’s Scottish connections run deeper than we may think

Great men and women have earned a place in our history

Finest Hour - International Churchill Society

Feature

The Wee Dram – A Personal View of the 2023 Churchill Conference

The Wee Dram – Of Pillars and Kings

The Wee Dram – Perspectives on Churchill from Scotland

Churchill and Balmoral

Statesmen of the Great War: Churchill and Sir James Guthrie

Why Have the Scots Forsaken Churchill?

Review

Review: Andrew Liddle, Churchill and Scotland

Review: Winston on the Fringe

Review: Otto English, Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

Review: Tariq Ali, Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

Review: The Churchill Myths

Review: TV: Churchill (Channel 5)

History Scotland

Why have the Scots forsaken Churchill?

Remember the man, not the myth series

Part 1: Debunking the cult of Churchill

Using primary sources to explore the statesman’s life and work.

Part 2: Churchill as a military leader

A look at Churchill’s reputation as a boorish war leader with a penchant for expeditions over expediency. Is it justified?

Part 3: Churchill the actor

For all his flaws and quirks, Churchill makes for an infinitely more interesting character study than the heavily redacted, and catastrophically cliched, caricature of a stoic leader with a jutted jaw and cigar.

Part 4: Why the real quotes are better than the memes

Alastair calls for a more significant distinction between the real and apocryphal stories about Churchill.

Part 5: A heavy drinker?

Examining Churchill’s reputation as a heavy drinker.

Part 6: The real price of ale

If Churchill wasn’t an alcoholic, but if he fanned tall drinking tales about himself, then what was he at heart?

Part 7: Churchill was a peacemaker, not just a warrior

Exploring Churchill’s post-war role as a peacemaker.

Part 8: The Dream reveal’s Churchill’s soul

What ‘The Dream’ can tell us about Churchill’s relationship with the father he thought never believed in him.

Part 9: Churchill & Europe – the ultimate myth?

The many Churchills, the many Europes.