Winston Churchill’s despatch box. He used this as a government minister to transport important documents.

Winston Churchill’s red velvet ‘siren suit’. Churchill designed this himself and often wore these kind of smart ‘onesies’ during the Second World War. They were named after the air raid siren, as they meant Winston could dress quickly if woken by the siren at night time. They were based on the comfortable boiler suits he wore when painting.

A poster supporting Winston Churchill’s campaign for election as Conservative MP for Oldham, Lancashire in 1899. He lost, but won the same seat the following year, after his escape from prison during the Boer War had made him a national hero.

A notice supporting Winston Churchill’s campaign for re-election as Conservative MP for Woodford, Essex in. He won. By now he was 87 years old and his face was so well-known the notice did not even include his name.