For this week’s newsletter, we asked our storyteller Jacob Dunne for a few words of reflection on the run-up to the world premiere of PUNCH, a play based on Jacob's life and written by playwright James Graham who recently wrote the hit show "Dear England".
Dear Jacob Dunne I got involved many years ago with the forgiveness project trying to work out how to find positivetisness from shocking cruelty. As a child I had spend 3 1/2 years in Japanese concentration camps during WW2 out in the far east ( just for being white skinned ) My mother who was with me in those camps with her 3 small children never learned to forgive . Neither did my father who was sent to work building the Burma railway during the same time . Forgiveness was the only remedy to issues that cannot otherwise be understood or dealt with . You will never be the same again Good for you !! Best wishes, Hanneke Coates
Dear Jacob Dunne I got involved many years ago with the forgiveness project trying to work out how to find positivetisness from shocking cruelty. As a child I had spend 3 1/2 years in Japanese concentration camps during WW2 out in the far east ( just for being white skinned ) My mother who was with me in those camps with her 3 small children never learned to forgive . Neither did my father who was sent to work building the Burma railway during the same time . Forgiveness was the only remedy to issues that cannot otherwise be understood or dealt with . You will never be the same again Good for you !! Best wishes, Hanneke Coates
Thank you for your kind words, Hanneke! I can confirm that I have forwarded your message on to Jacob!
Warmest regards,
Georgia Gill,
Admin Assistant