U K Ba Thaung (1931-2022) - interesting stories of his relationship with General Ne Win, including observing at first hand some of his many unusual superstitions and remedies

Peter Church

Jan 18, 2024

1:12:45

U Kenneth Ba Thaung (1931-2022) - his life story including interactions with General Ne Win. Includes his career as a military officer and running the Pearl and Fishery corporation and the 7 1/2 years he spent in Insein prison

Peter Church

Jan 18, 2024

1:28:54

General Ne Win (1911-2002), politician, military commander, Prime Minister, President and dictator

Dec 07, 2023

28:54

Dr. Maung Maung (1925-1992) - Gentleman, Scholar and Patriot - the 7th President of Myanmar

Oct 29, 2023

36:26

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 8 deals with Charles Campagnac's views on the plight of the Anglo Burman community post WW2

Peter Church

Oct 09, 2023

18:35

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 7 deals with Charles Campagnac's experiences on the reoccupation of Burma after the war.

Oct 08, 2023

16:44

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 6 deals with the experiences of the Campagnac family in India having fled the Japanese occupation of Burma

Oct 06, 2023

11:48

Guy Slater born 1941 - the life of a "cub reporter" at the Rangoon Nation newspaper in 1960 and his career since then including his involvement as a Trustee of Prospect Burma (https://prospectburma.org)/

Peter Church

Apr 05, 2023

28:29

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 5 deals with the horrors of war which befell Burma during WW2

Peter Church

Apr 05, 2023

20:43

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -This episode 4 of his life story deals with his views on the use of the death penalty in Burma in the 1920s, the difference between Anglo Burmans and Anglo Indians and his election to Rangoon Municipal Council

Peter Church

Apr 03, 2023

12:30

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) -this episode 3 of his life story deals with some of the colourful characters he met outside his practice as a barrister

Peter Church

Apr 01, 2023

14:13

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) - Episode 2 covering his involvement as a barrister in the famous case of the newspaper publisher of The Rangoon Times, Mr. Channing Arnold who was prosecuted in 1913 for defamation of two British civil servants

Peter Church

Apr 01, 2023

10:30

Charles Haswell Campagnac (1886 to 1970) - Barrister, Lord Mayor of Rangoon and Member of the Legislative Council - Episode 1 covering his early years of legal practice in Rangoon commencing in 1909

Peter Church

Mar 31, 2023

14:07

Sithu Lt Col Raymond Campagnac's life story through the words of his daughter, Sandra Campagnac-Carney

Peter Church

Dec 23, 2022

51:36

A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 5 - Early 2000s to 2017 when the 6th edition was published

Aug 25, 2022

14:28

A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 4 - 1970s to early 2000s

Aug 24, 2022

10:31

A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 3 - Japanese occupation during WW2 and the early days of independence to the late 1960s

Aug 16, 2022

11:31

A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 2 - the colonial period

Peter Church

Aug 16, 2022

13:58

A Short History of South East Asia - Myanmar Chapter - Part 1

Aug 15, 2022

12:10

"Trials in Burma" by Maurice Collis - extracts dealing with the Peasants' Rebellion of 1930

Peter Church

Aug 03, 2022

12:37

Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess- Chapter 16 of My Vanished World -The End of A Dynasty dealing with the disastrous long term consequences for the Shan people following the Martyrs' Day massacres on 19 July 1947

Peter Church

Jul 21, 2022

12:13

U Win Htein born 1941 - a current and former prisoner of conscience - being an extract from pages 187 to 193 of his autobiography dealing with Martyrs' Day and is read by his youngest child, his daughter Chit Suu.

Peter Church

Jul 19, 2022

9:54

Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 12 - The Panglong Agreement episode 7

Peter Church

Jun 27, 2022

14:08

Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 10 - The Escape (from the Japanese) episode 6

Peter Church

Jun 18, 2022

16:28

Sao Noan Oo or Nel Adams, born 1931 - the life story of a Shan princess -excerpts from her book, My Vanished World from Chapter 10 - The Escape (from the Japanese) episode 5

Peter Church

Jun 18, 2022

20:11