My talk about Peter the Great, St Petersburg, floods and Pushkin at Chilton Church went well, with a reasonable audience and no technical problems.
Chilton Church has no electricity, so showing the pictures did present some challenges. However, these were overcome thanks to Peter Clifford’s heroic cross country power cabling efforts. In the event the supply came from nearby industrial premises through the hedge, over the ditch, and across the churchyard. Many thanks to Sean Cook who donated the plug and the power!
My next Russian Talk will be on The Russian Soul (a challenging subject) in aid of Gainsborough’s House on Thursday October 28th. Tickets are on sale at Reception. The talk, which is a new creation, had its first outing on Tuesday of last week at the Russian Summer School at UEA in Norwich. There was not too much quibbling from the Russians in the audience so it must have been more or less accurate.
