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    Feb 11, 2022 2 minutes

    On Saturday, 6 September 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill was driven to Ditchley Park, where he would stay on weekends when the moon was full because it was thought to be a less inviting target to the Luftwaffe than the prime minister’s official retreat at Chequers. On the way, the car stopped at Bletchley Park, near

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