PHOTOGRAPHS
A message of thanks to hosts from the Queen
The author as an evacuee in Boston
The evacuee today
The story of British evacuees to North America in World War II, by Michael Henderson (Photo: Cover Book)
With mother in 1940. Father is already in the army.
Children at the Actors' Orphanage excited at news about going to America
SS Duchess of York
Evacuees on the 'Duchess of York'
Arrival telegramme
Arrival is front page news
Host, Walter Hinchman, as a cricketer in Philadelphia in 1897
Hinchman home in Milton, Massachusetts
English children including Hendersons at home of Sylvia Warren
Michael and Gerald are introduced at Hinchman home to American football
Baseball team at camp: author second from right, seated
Plane spotting was done from Milton Academy chapel
English boys at Rectory School. Gerald and Michael on right
Visit from father to Milton while on mission to Washington, DC
The Times' website, under its faith section, reports on the latest launch of Michael Henderson's book 'No Enemy to Conquer' at a Greencoat Forum in the London centre of Initiatives of Change. Under the headline 'Forgiveness is the key to bringing peace in Northern Ireland', Cheryl Gallagher reports Henderson's emphasis that 'forgiveness far from being just a personal or religious matter can affect the life of nations'. Click here to read the article.
TIKKUN, one of the leading Jewish magazines in the United States has a review by Roger S. Gottlieb (writing about No Enemy to Conquer): "changes are possible for us as human beings and have many times, against all expectation, actually occurred." To read the article click here.
An interview with Michael Henderson was published in The Jewish Week, widely recognized as the largest and most respected Jewish newspaper in America, on 15 September to mark Rosh Hashanah. "In No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World, British journalist Michael Henderson argues that apologizing and forgiving have a value on both a personal and political plane. The Jewish Week spoke last week to Henderson about the issue." Click here to read the article.
The Invitation: In the UK Islamic Community Magazine, Imam Dr Musharraf Hussain, a joint Chairman of the Christian-Muslim Forum of Britain writes "'This book represents a tour de force between victims and offenders and soul-stirring tales of human goodness." Read more here.
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