"On 8 May 1943 my turn came to go and the fourteen months of incarceration in Changi prison camp ended with this idyllic little sketch made at the limit of our area. With my back to the wire, under gently swayi Art.IWMART1574765

"On 8 May 1943 my turn came to go and the fourteen months of incarceration in Changi prison camp ended with this
idyllic little sketch made at the limit of our area. With my back to the wire, under gently swaying coconut palms, I had - for a half-hour
at least - transported myself to another, less sordid island." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle

image: A grove of coconut palms and distant hills. A figure sits among the palms in the lower centre.