VJ Day

A timely reminder in Gloucester today. Very moving TV coverage from The National Arboretum this morning.

Very disturbing images from Alaska this evening.

T’s father was held prisoner by the Japanese for 4 years but never talked about it.

Lessons learnt post 1945 are ringing hollow as we watch modern wars raging regardless.

( I visited Anchorage and Fairbanks in 1973 and felt very near the former USSR.