For most of us born after the last world war it is difficult to realise what it must have been like for British Leaders to keep ahead of what was happening and to plan tactics.  If it’s a rainy day and you’re in the vicinity of Westminster, do visit the Cabinet War Rooms –free admission for children under 16. These underground rooms were the place where the wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, planned and organised operations during World War  Two. By the end of 1945, the Cabinet War Rooms covered a total area of around three acres. The rooms were protected by one metre thick concrete, but they probably wouldn’t have been safe from a direct bomb hit.  There are 21 rooms open to the public, and articles are laid out almost exactly as they were at the end of the war. As well as the map room (which was the central part of the complex) and Cabinet room, Churchill's desk and other period furniture is shown alongside charts, communications and other equipment. For more details visit the website: wwww.iwm.org.uk