Dissecting The Author: Letters From The Burma Front with Katherine Venables

Join us for a thought-provoking Zoom talk exploring a unique perspective on courage, duty, and family through the eyes of a young doctor at the heart of a complex and multi-faceted WW2 campaign in Burma.

Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall Museums, will be joined by author Katherine Venables to discuss her book on her father Harry Walker’s experiences during the Burma campaign in the Second World War.

Combining firsthand letters, rich family archives, and authoritative historical context, the book reveals the realities of war, from battlefield medicine to everyday life behind the front lines and the world Harry writes home to Annie and Flo.

It is not necessary to have read to Letters From The Burma Front to join this event but if you would like to it can be found here.

Age Guidance: 16+

Booking Information: Upon booking eventbrite will issue an e-ticket. Your e-ticket will provide a link to the online event page and this link will be live from 30mins prior to the event. If you do not receive your e-ticket please check your junk mail. If you have any problems recieveing your e-ticket or accessing the event please email museum@rcsed.ac.uk. Please note that this event will not be recorded.

Content Warning: Our collections contain human remains as well as representations of anatomy, injury, and disease that some may find upsetting.