Given the nights that Churchill and his inner circle spent in their wartime bunker beneath the Treasury, directing the country's efforts during the Second World War, it seems a fitting spot to visit after dark, which is a happy coincidence because this evening it is holding a special late opening with a chance to visit in the evenings.
Visitors - who must book in advance - are told to expect film screenings and the chance to practice spy skills and for a chance to win a prize. Fittingly enough - given Churchill's fondness for booze - there is also a pop-up bar.
For more, see
http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/churchill-war-rooms/late-at-churchill-war-rooms
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The War Rooms are well worth visiting, whatever the person's views about Churchill himself. The spaces were important, the era was world changing and the film provides a good context for people whose historical knowledge is a bit shaky.
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