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Churchill: Of Words and Deeds

Chris Wrigley | Published in History Today Volume 65 Issue 1 January 2015

Fifty years on from Winston Churchill’s death, Chris Wrigley surveys the literature available, highlighting key works and lesser-known titles.

‘A View of Sydney on Norfolk Island, 1792’. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain.

Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island

J.M. Moore | Published in History Today Volume 75 Issue 1 January 2025

As convicts celebrated Queen Victoria’s birthday on remote Norfolk Island, debates raged over the purpose of punishment and the merits of Alexander Maconochi