And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder Louise Gluck Alex Ferguson was born in

Alex Ferguson was born in Jarrow and lives in South Shields

Nizar Qabbani: Poem –

The fact that one of our own can tell such stories in a way that is so powerful and satisfying is something to be proud of

the latest in the Poetry Europe series from Dedalus

and worked full-time for the Communist Party before embarking on a career as an exhibition designer

And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder Louise Gluck Alex Ferguson was born inAnd the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder is the experience of an ordinary soldier captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. Leo Rawlings story is told in his own pictures and his own words; a world that is uncompromising, vivid and raw. He pulls no punches. For the first time cruelty inflicted on the prisoners of war by their own officers is depicted as well as shocking images of POW life. This is truly a view of the River Kwai experience for a