His novel, written by James G Ballard in 1984, is a re-imagining of his own experience as a young boy captured by the Japanese Army during the Second World War, when they invaded Shanghai in 1941. He was exactly the same age as Jim in the novel when Shanghai was invaded by the Japanese. Ballard's father with his family, including, of course J G Ballard. Ballard was imprisoned in the Lungwa Civilian Assembly Centre for approximately two years between 1943 and 1945, along with

Recently, with a friend I went on a march protesting against far-right extremism. It was exhilarating and moving. Yes, the country is split and deeply divided, but the far right isn't getting its own way uncontested. This was a very welcome riposte. to the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, on 13th September 2025. which was stridently anti-immigration, anti-Semitic, claiming all this was all about England. TSupporters were waving English and