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Graham Goodlad reviews the career of Tomoyuki Yamashita, ‘the Tiger of Malaya’, who was responsible for the fall of Singapore in 1942.

Theatre director, writer, and actor Karen Minihan is launching her second book – and a new live performance – telling the stories of women from West Cork who played a heroic but oft-forgotten role in the War of Independence, writes MARTIN CLAFFEYIT was a chance conversation w

What historical anniversaries are in December? We round up the events, births and deaths…

TELL good stories, tell great stories, we are told. Here’s one – a story on how former Director of Fisheries Sabah, Datuk Chin Phui Kong, 99, going on 100 on Dec 26 this year, and his late classmate Ho Su Shen, literally jumped from the sky into the jungle to fight for the liberation of Malaya in WW2! Last Sunday, we reported how the entire Central Committee of the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (Macva) made a whirlwind trip to Kota Kinabalu on Oct 25 to accord Chin their exclusive ‘Honorary Member’ title reserved for only 10 deserving Malaysians, h...

When Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, British leader Winston Churchill called it “the worst disaster in British history”. Defeated General ...