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Remembering the second world war’s Burma campaign with the descendants of Japanese fighters on the 80th anniversary of VJ day

To mark 80 years since the end of the second world war, a group of ten Japanese people whose fathers and grandfathers once fought against the British travelled to the UK to mark victory over Japan day (VJ day). The story of their ancestors is one that is often forgotten.…

The Conversation

London museum tells forgotten story of African and Indian troops in second world war

National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s colonies

The Guardian - UK

101-year-old veteran receives Freedom of the City of London

Sidney Machin, from Dorset, was made a freeman as a tribute to his service in the Second World War

The Independent UK

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North: what's true and what's false?

It was also called the ‘railway of death’

Evening Standard

Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia

A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to Myanmar

The Guardian - UK

Patricia Herbert obituary

Other lives: British Library curator and author of The Life of the Buddha

The Guardian - UK

Wartime star Dame Vera Lynn would want young people to help others – daughter

Dame Vera lifted troops’ spirits with concerts in Egypt, India and Burma during the war.

Evening Standard

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‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Saltburn and Priscilla star talks about his first Australian lead role and the physical costs of playing a prisoner of war on the Burma-Thailand railway

The Guardian - AU

What to know about Myanmar's natural disasters and civil war complicating relief efforts

The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma

The Independent UK

Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address

The president’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he’s been corrected on but continued to repeat

The Guardian - US

Myanmar civil war: a quick guide to the conflict

Armed groups have been fighting the military junta since a coup in 2021. What has changed in four years? How is China involved? And what has happened to Aung Sun Suu Kyi? We answer these questions and more

The Guardian - AU

‘Remarkable’ Second World War veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal RN, a Burma Star veteran who spent 37 years in the Royal Navy, will turn 100 on December 3.

The Independent UK

‘I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit’: Richard Flanagan on vanishing species and refusing the Baillie Gifford prize money

The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the age of extinction and despair

The Guardian - UK

Muslims join Buddhist, Christian fighters to topple Myanmar’s military

Muslims join fight under multiethnic leadership as groups once marginalized are embraced by Myanmar’s revolution.

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Military Airstrikes Kill Rohingya In Western Burma, U.N. Expresses Concern

Military airstrikes in Burma target Rohingya minority, leading to casualties and damage. U.N. expresses concern over escalating violence and civilian prote...

The Guardian - UK

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – how Eric Blair became George Orwell

The evils of empire are brought to life in this fascinating imagining of Orwell’s days as a colonial policeman, but the perspective of Burmese people is sidelined

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The Guardian - UK

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – George Orwell’s Burmese days vibrantly brought to life

The US writer’s fictionalised portrait of the young Eric Blair’s time with the imperial police in Burma is a keenly felt and vividly researched account of colonial bigotry and power

The Hindu

Artist Benitha Perciyal’s series of wooden books is on display at Serendipity Arts Festival

Chennai-based artist Benitha Perciyal carves books out of discarded Burma teak, creating a living, breathing library of over 700 titles.

The Hindu

A temple for a giant Muneeswarar sits on the banks of the Adyar

Discover a 51-ft tall Muneeswarar in a seated position, along with shrines of other gods, at Burma Nagar's Arulmigu Angala Eswari Amman temple.

The Independent UK

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says he's increasingly worried about her health

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says he has always avoided talking to the media, but this time is different

Al Jazeera

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar military over ‘unrelenting violence’

Joint statement from 13 members of 15-seat council says generals must stop killing civilians and end the crisis.

The National (Scotland)

George Orwell's 'Scotophobia' – and how he overcame it – explored in new book

GEORGE Orwell’s “Scotophobia”, and how he overcame it while writing his masterpiece 1984 on the Hebridean island of Jura, is explored in an…

The Hindu

Between India and Ceylon

A scheme which the Indian authorities were considering, to connect Burma with India and all the principal towns in India with one another by telephone, raised the question as to whether telephonic connection between India and Ceylon cannot be established.

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