Great speeches: Winston Churchill
Full and edited versions of Winston Churchill's 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech, delivered at the House of Commons on 4 June 1940
We shall fight on the beaches
This is the edited text of the speech delivered to House of Commons on June 4 1940.
We shall fight on the beaches
This is the full text of the speech delivered to House of Commons on June 4 1940.
The lost art of great speechmaking
The days when great parliamentary orators would hold audiences rapt for hours are long gone, replaced by the incoherent impulse of the digital age, writes Simon Schama.
Premier faces the issues
The House of Commons is still trying to adjust itself to one of the gravest speeches ever made to it in all its long history.
