THE DOCTOR'S TALE is an edited version by actor/playwright Michael Mears of NAGASAKI 1945, an account by a young doctor, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, working in a small hospital in Nagasaki at the time of the

THE PRIEST'S TALE is an adaptation by actor/playwright Michael Mears of one of the survivor’s accounts from John Hersey’s classic book HIROSHIMA (published by Penguin).

There will be an at a distance peace picnic in the Archbishop Tutu Peace Garden at Grove Park from 1.30 - 3pm to mark Nagasaki Day. There will be statements and poems.

There will be a silent vigil of 6 people at a distance, opposite the Churchill Theatre and then scattering of flowers on the lake in the Library Gardens to mark Hiroshima Day,

Nagasaki Day Peace Walk from Westminster Cathedral (timing tbc) to the London Peace Pagoda, followed by a Lantern-lighting ceremony at sunset.

John Hersey’s Hiroshima DVD 20 minutes
Film of the book. Nuclear warfare on the personal level

London Region CND’s annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration at the commemorative cherry tree in Tavistock Square, noon-1pm.

Bring a picnic for afterwards!

Every year, an International Fast is held in several countries worldwide between Hiroshima and Nagasaki days (6th-9th August). In the UK the fast will be followed in Knighton, London, Iona and Barnsta