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Politics Unpacked

The Secrets Of Winston Churchill's Office

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The old War Office in Whitehall, once used by Winston Churchill as the nerve centre of Britain's war effort, has been hidden from public view for more than a century. Matt is given a guided tour of the historic building, which has been converted into a hotel, to uncover its secrets.


Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris discuss the relationship between the West and Ukraine, Boris Johnson-themed pastries, and when a politician's spouse should step into the limelight.



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0:00.0

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1:07.7

Hello, this is the Red Box Podcast. I'm Matt Chauley back from the Conservative Party

1:11.4

conference in Manchester, but still carrying a conference cult. You can listen to me live 10-to-1

1:16.0

Monday to Friday on your DAB radio, on your smart speaker or download the Times Radio app,

1:20.4

but you know that already. Coming up on today's episode, we're just going to put all the party

1:25.7

comfort stuff to one side because there's been quite a lot of that. We know that I've had a really,

1:30.5

really fascinating tour of the Old War office building on Whitehall. It opened in 1906,

1:36.9

it's where the first and the second world wars were fought from the the boardrooms,

1:42.3

the offices and the little spy corridors. And then in the 96s it was shut up,

1:48.1

it's been behind hoardings ever since, it's now been turned into an amazing hotel.

1:51.5

And I got a job to be able to hear that in just a moment, so we'll do that. But first,

1:55.2

it's time for these two.

1:59.8

ManVee Rana and someone called Matthew on Times Radio.

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