1st Edition
Speak Clearly Into the Chandelier Cultural Politics between Britain and Russia 1973-2000
By John C. Q. Roberts
Copyright 2000
287 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides a unique view of British-Russian relations during the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime and thereafter into the post-communist era. As Director of a Foreign-Office-funded organisation promoting professional, intellectual and cultural contacts between Britain and Russia, Roberts earned the trust of leading figures in both countries. At the same time he had to maintain... Read more
Introduction; One: The Terrain; One: Initiation; Two: Portrait of a Soviet Cultural Attaché; Three: Conferences at Cross-purposes; Four: Two Festivals; Five: A Tale of Two Spas; Two: Mainly Culture; Six: Scenes from Theatre Life (1); Seven: Musical Interlude; Eight: Scenes from Theatre Life (2); Nine: Writers’ Rites; Ten: On Screen; Three: Mostly Politics; Eleven: Harold Wilson for President; Twelve: Two More Festivals; Thirteen: Taking Hold of Change; Fourteen: End of an Era
Biography
John C. Q. Roberts
'This is an excellent book, and I warmly commend it to all those who are interested in the development of cultural contacts between Britain and the Soviet Union during the height, and decline, of the Cold War.' - Lord Wright of Richmond, Postmaster and Merton College Record
