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A teal-tinted image showing a modern building with vertical lines, a sculpture, and a tree. There is a large, cylindrical structure attached to the building, and a clear sky is visible.

Reflecting on the University of Fort Hare and Churchill Archives Centre partnership

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A metal plaque with text: Part of Plate from Charthouse of H.M.S. Southampton, Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. The plaque has visible damage, such as dents and holes, and is resting on fabric.

Blood on the chart: naval service and duty during the First World War

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A man in a white lab coat sits at a desk covered with papers, folders, and a pair of scissors. He appears to be studying a document. The room has a minimalistic design with shelves on one side.

Victor Brown, 1934-2024

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Two vintage illustrated book covers in Chinese characters. The left cover shows a woman holding a baby, featuring art and text. The right cover depicts a mother preparing formula with a can, alongside more text and art. Both are worn and aged.

Selling Maternal Modernity to 1930s China

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A person stands in a room, looking at documents. He wears glasses and a gray top. To the right, there are shelves filled with brown cardboard storage boxes. Papers and a roll of labels are on a desk.

A Historian Let Loose in Churchill Archives Centre

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Text excerpt discussing the ideal of an athlete, focusing on self-denial, temperance, and loyalty, emphasizing fair play and courtesy in both victory and defeat, as a noble aspiration amid modern lifes confusion. Edits change athlete to sportsman.

Winston Churchill’s Forgotten Olympics Speech

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A speaker stands at a podium in front of an audience. A large screen displays The Changing Culture in British Politics with an image of a woman. The event is the twentieth Stephen Roskill Memorial Lecture at the Churchill Archives Centre.

Harriet Harman delivers twentieth Roskill Lecture

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An elderly man with white hair and glasses is sitting and holding a pipe in his mouth. He is wearing a suit and tie, looking contemplatively to the side. The photo is in black and white, suggesting it might be from an earlier era.

The ‘Member for Africa’, Fenner Brockway

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A collage of 22 images featuring various artifacts, people with books, bones, biscuits, a black cat, and historical documents displayed on desks and tables. The background often includes bookshelves or library settings.

The Story of 50 Stories

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A computer screen displays two circular, multicolored disc-like graphs side by side on a black background. The charts have concentric layers in red, green, yellow, and blue, surrounded by text and data panels on the sides.

Ongoing work with 5.25″ floppy disks

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A group of men in vintage soccer uniforms shaking hands with a woman in a long coat and hat. The scene is labeled as an England vs. Scotland match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, dated 17 January 1942, for the Aid to Russia fund.

Clementine Churchill and the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund

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A black and white illustration depicts a group of elderly, balding men in suits gathered around a man sitting on a chair, discussing a document. The setting is a room with bookshelves and a closed door. One man is leaning against the wall, observing.

Walter, Winston & Eddie: a story of Painting, Friendship & Patronage

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