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Winston Churchill is one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century.

As Britain's leader during the Second World War, he embodies for many people,

British resistance to fascism and the ultimate allied victory over Hitler.

In recent decades, a more rounded picture of the man has formed as people have drawn attention to some of his other views and actions. Although he spent his early childhood in Dublin, more on

that later, he had a dim view of the Irish, believing that we have a treacherous, assassinating

and conspiring trait. This, in Churchill's mind at least, is what stopped us from

becoming what he considered a great and responsible nation. He would match these words with deeds

in the 1920s. However, his views and attitudes about Ireland pale in comparison to his views on Indians.

In 1942, he remarked,

I hate Indians, they are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

This was, as we'll hear later in the show,

as large parts of India stared down the barrel of one of the worst famines in its history.

Now, in recent years, the debate around Churchill has become a bit polarised.

Depending on what you read, there are two Winston Churchill's.

In Britain, his reputation is a strange interplay between history and emotion, where emotion tends to win out.

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