In return for a £1 daily courtesy fee, researchers at the Churchill Archives may take pictures of just about any documents of interest.

I captured over 700 images during my time at Cambridge. In addition to papers from Winston Churchill, General Sir Edward Louis Spears, Admiral James Somerville, and dozens of others, I also worked with the original handwritten diary of John Colville (Churchill’s private secretary), and stumbled upon a postcard to Sir Winston from George Bernard Shaw.

It was a sublime and enriching experience.