2026
(19th October) Why did the Japanese Surrender in 1945? Lecture at IWM London UK
(September) Contributing to Peter Finch’s 36 hour radio marathon for Finlay’s Touch.
(June) Why did the Japanese Surrender in 1945? Lecture at IWM Manchester UK
(March) The Japanese Surrender and repatriation of POWs and civilian internees zoom lecture for 2026 trainee docents at Changi Chapel and Museum Singapore
2025
July – Repatriate to UK permanently
(June) Tour of Changi Chapel and Museum for 820 Naval Air Squadron of UK Carrier Strike Group 2025
(March) The Japanese Surrender and repatriation of POWs and civilian internees zoom lecture for 2025 trainee docents at Changi Chapel and Museum Singapore
(February) – Captive! The story of the civilians interned in Singapore during the Japanese occupation Monday Morning Lecture series, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
2024
(November) Tour of Changi Chapel and Museum for Casper Veldkamp, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and Anneke Adema, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Singapore and Brunei
(September) William Earl, WW2 veteran and what his experience can tell us about the operation of a Royal Army Medical Corps field ambulance – Docent on-going training lecture Singapore
(March) The Japanese Surrender and repatriation of POWs and civilian internees lecture for 2024 trainee docents at Changi Chapel and Museum Singapore
(February) – Captivity – the first 100 days in Changi from a military and civilian perspective Monday Morning Lecture series, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
(January)
Walking tour of former Changi POW camp for Changi Chapel and Museum qualified and trainee docents
Singapore Strategy and the Singapore Naval Base lecture for trainee docents at Changi Chapel and Museum
2023
(September)
WW2TV – Blood and Bandages: 214th and 167th Field Ambulances on the beaches of Salerno.
Filming for WW2TV – Touring Changi Chapel and Museum, Singapore
2022
(March) We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast – family stories series 2 – episode 15
2021
(November) Zoom talk One Man’s War – Pte William Earl, Royal Army Medical Corps, 56th (London) Division, British Eighth Army 1940-1945.
(July) War and Peace FM Interview with Peter Finch about Blood and Bandages with extracts of interview footage of William Earl.
(May) Guest speaker at At the Table, American Association of Singapore, Singapore
(January) Podcast interview with Anne Morgan for Our Community: Conversations with Community Builders, Changers and Contributors.Singapore
2020
(October) Author’s talk – Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Sydney Australia – private event
(April) Women’s Writes in conversation with Liz Coward. Zoom
2019
(August)
Guests of the Grenadier Guards. Wellington Barracks, London, UK with William Earl.
Gary Linekar: My Grandad’s War Filming in Italy with William Earl and Gary Lineker
(July)
Author’s Pavilion with William Earl at War & Peace Revival, Hop Farm Kent UK
Interview with Peter Finch for Radio War and Peace UK
(May) Author’s talk and book signing, Seletar, Singapore.
(March) Meet the Author, talk and book signing American Club, Tanglin, Singapore.
2018
(November) Witness to War lecture and book signing Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
(July)
Author’s Pavilion with William Earl War & Peace Revival, Hop Farm, Kent.
Meet the Authors Imperial War Museum, London, U.K
2017
December – move to Singapore (temporary posting)
(November)
Author’s talk with William Earl – 1940s Society Otford, Kent
Author’s talk with William Earl – Shoreham Society Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Author’s talk with William Earl – Museum of Military Medicine, Aldershot Hampshire
(October)
Author’s talk with Patrick Souiljaert – St Peter’s RC Church, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Author’s Talk – Shoreham Library Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
(June)
Book signing and meet the author event – Armed Forces Weekend, Worthing, West Sussex
The Whole Nine Yards with Roy Stannard for Seahaven FM 93.6 Seaford, East Sussex
(May)
Interview with Charlie Rose from BBC South-East Today
Interview with Christian Hewgill for Forces TV
Interview with Mark Carter for BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex
(April)
Launch of Blood and Bandages- fighting for life in the RAMC Field Ambulance 1940-1946 Shoreham Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex
2013
(October) What makes us Human? with Alison Lapper MBE – BBC Radio 2 – Jeremy Vine Show
2010
(February) Rehearsed reading of Shakespeare’s Sister – a short play
2009
(October) Rehearsed reading of Shakespeare’s Sister – a short play Adur Arts Live 09: Take Six!
(March) Mountview post-grad film screening 2008/09 Bezzy Mates – a short coming of age film. The Seal – a short horror film