Gould in Moscow
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was unquestionably one of Canada’s most gifted and renowned musicians. Before Gould turned his back on touring, his piano recitals and concerts consolidated the worldwide reputation for brilliance and individuality which his early recordings had established. Gould’s first European…
Presenting Credentials in Moscow
Geoffrey Pearson served as Canada’s Ambassador to Moscow from 1980 to 1983. Following is the text of his reporting telegram to Ottawa on his presentation of letters of credential ceremony, and Landon Pearson’s letter home on the post-credentials reception. Viewed through the…
Robert Ford: Our Man in Moscow
“Are you very sure about the Methodists?”
“From The Ambassador’s Table”
We reproduce below two extracts from Margaret Dickenson’s comprehensive guide to creative entertaining, published by Times Edition Pte. Ltd. Drawing upon her 28 years in the foreign service as a spouse, Mrs. Dickenson has put together a practical and imaginative guide to…
Roman Lishchynski
All of us were shocked to hear of the tragic accident which took a colleague and friend from us. For my spouse Lena and I, the news was particularly sad. We had worked with Roman in Kyiv and became very good friends.…
Cockroaches and Caviar
by Mary Taylor
Growing Up in the Foreign Service
Life in the Foreign Service has its ups and downs, and who is better qualified to talk about these trials than the children of Foreign Service officers?
A Moscow Literary Memoir: Among the Great Artists of Russia from 1946 to 1980
Robert Ford is a distinguished poet and a Russian scholar. He is also a legend in the foreign service, in part because he spent so many years in the Soviet Union, the last sixteen of them as Ambassador. When my husband, Geoffrey,…
George Costakis: A Russian Life in Art
Peter Roberts has written an admirable, a memorable book. To begin with he writes in simple, elegant, flawless English, a rare talent indeed which has miraculously survived many years in the bureaucracy. His book is a biography of George Costakis and the…
Witness to a Collapsing Empire
As diplomats, perhaps one last pilgrimage to the Kremlin or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would have been more appropriate. But we chose to say good-bye to Russia in St. Petersburg at the Piscariovskaya Memorial to the victims of the 900-day siege…
