{"id":2016,"date":"2021-01-27T11:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:47:04","slug":"dundee-churchill-and-joseph-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/dundee-churchill-and-joseph-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dundee, Churchill and Joseph Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives explores the connection between Winston Churchill and Dundee&#8217;s famous war poet and &#8216;fighter writer&#8217; Joseph Lee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2017\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2017\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01-795x1024.png\" alt=\"Lee\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01-795x1024.png 795w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01-768x990.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.04.01.png 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Lee\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drawing on material from the Archive collections held by the University he uses contemporary cartoons and journalism to explore reactions to Churchill&#8217;s time as an MP in the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2018\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2018\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09-751x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09-751x1024.png 751w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09-768x1047.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.09.png 887w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0One of the local publications edited by Joseph Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Churchill was MP for Dundee from 1908 to 1922 and it is probably fair to say that the relation between him and the City was somewhat strained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2019\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.20.png\" alt=\"Press card\" width=\"641\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.20.png 641w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-27-at-11.05.20-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press card from the Lee archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch Kenneth&#8217;s film now!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University of Dundee Archive Service - Joseph Lee &amp; 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