

As the son of a well-known politician, Lord Randolph Churchill, he got occasional mentions through his childhood and his teenage years. So that was his first mention in the press.

His birth was reported in The Times, actually on the front page, which in those days carried these little personal ads. What’s your focus in the book?Ĭhurchill: A Life in the News takes the story from his birth. Churchill was making the news even before he became a politician, as a soldier, but also, quite literally, as a journalist.

Your most recent book is Churchill: A Life in the News. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
