台湾六合彩开奖记录

Toby Norways, who teaches Scriptwriting with the School of Culture and Communications, tweeted that he is proud that his father 鈥渋s becoming recognised as one of the most significant PoW artists鈥�.

Happy that the Guardian have featured my dad鈥檚 artwork from his time as a POW. Proud that he is becoming recognised as one of the most significant Far East POW artists.

鈥� Toby Norways (@TobyNorways)

Toby鈥檚 father, William 鈥楤ill鈥� Norways, was captured in Singapore by the Japanese and in 1943 was transferred to Malaya to work on the Thai-Burma railway.

During this time, Bill kept extensive notes and sketches in a notebook that depicted the gruelling working conditions, living quarters, dysentery wards and even an operating theatre.

Bill鈥檚 sketches also allowed him to think back to his time before World War Two. He sketched a detailed image of a motorbike entirely from memory 鈥� having not seen his own motorbike in over four years.

His notes also record the ill-health he faced whilst captured; suffering from bronchitis, malaria and dysentery in December 1943.

The enhanced recognition for Bill鈥檚 artwork comes as 2020 marks 75 years since Victory Over Japan (VJ) day; the moment when Imperial Japan surrendered, effectively ending the Second World War.

Upon Japan鈥檚 surrender, Norways was able to return home where he began writing to Kameo Yamanaka, his former prison guard. Their unlikely friendship stemming from Yamanaka鈥檚 acts of kindness which helped maintain Bill鈥檚 faith in humanity.

Yamanaka was known to share rations with starving prisoners, and in particular he took interest in Bill鈥檚 artwork, occasionally smuggling in pencils to ensure Bill could keep drawing.

Toby, who teaches at the Luton campus, told the : 鈥淒espite the obstacles and differences between the two men, it is clear that they shared a similarly compassionate view of the world.鈥�

Toby had chance to of Yamanaka in 2015 to learn more about their relationship and the experiences both men went through.He said: 鈥淚t was quite emotional and a bit surreal.鈥�

鈥淚 would have loved to have talked to dad about his wartime experiences, though I never really had the opportunity. Besides, PoW鈥檚 rarely discussed their war stories with spouses or relatives鈥�.

The friendship between Norways and Yamanaka is now forever etched in stone, as a poem Bill wrote for Yamanaka was engraved on granite and rests at the site where Yamanaka鈥檚 ashes were scattered.

Their remarkable story seems like it was pulled straight from the silver screen 鈥� with Toby having expressed interest in turning his father鈥檚 experiences into a novel in the future.

Discover more about the creative writing courses on offer at the 台湾六合彩开奖记录. There鈥檚 still opportunities to apply for 2020/21 courses through Clearing, so why not give the support team a call today on 0300 3300 703 or visit: www.beds.ac.uk/clearing