MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Given the popularity of our Annual Dinner with guest speaker and former HK Society Chairman Nigel Johnson-Hill, talking about his book ‘From Hell, With Love’, we are thrilled that Nigel has agreed to do a webinar for us, so that those who were unable to join will get the chance the chance to hear about this incredible love story.

There will also be ample time after the lecture for Q&A.

Date: Tuesday 9th April

Time: From 5.45pm

Mode: Online, link to join will be sent to all participants

From Hell, With Love tells the real-life story of Nigel’s parents’ war, set against the horrors of the infamous Burma Railway, told through the pages of his father’s secret diary, which, as a prisoner of war, he had to keep hidden from his Japanese captors. This diary, crowded onto the pages in faded pencil, is entirely contemporaneous and is published without amendment, flashing a new light on those grim years. Meanwhile Nigel’s mother, having escaped from Singapore to a strange continent with their young son, Brian, and pregnant with Alan, their second son (Nigel appeared after the war!), was left to cope alone to bring up her family, not knowing for many months if her husband was even alive. Her resolve, ingenuity and determination to get her family back from Australia to England is part of this history. Their combined accounts make for a difficult, emotional but ultimately uplifting story.

The book is lavishly illustrated with over 200 paintings and drawings by fellow prisoners-of-war, and by some photographs. The cost of the book is £25 + £4 p&p.

If you would like to join the lecture or to purchase a copy of the book, please contact communications@hkas.org.uk.