Post War Malaya: in the wreckage of Japanese occupation, the world which the British knew had gone. Some return trying to rebuild their old lives, others to start anew. But British trained, Chinese jungle soldiers armed with weapons cached at the end of WW2 seek a different, communist future for Malaya: and so begins the 'Emergency', the bitter, bloody war waged for nine years against both the British and the Malays. After surviving three years in the camps in wartime Malaya, Dorothy returns from a grey, post war England to try and find the life which she knows can no longer really be. She meets steady, inglorious Harry who has jumped at the chance to build a life as a planter. SG Simmons brings to life this extraordinary period of change to weave upon it a very human tale.
North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction Chris Springer Part way through this collection of photographs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the 1950s, edited by Chris Springer, there is one particularly arresting picture, taken in 1957. It shows three young boys, looks of blank... [ Read full review ]
