Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 14, Spring 2020
- Anglo-Albanian Association
- Jul 21
- 1 min read
Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 14, Spring 2020
Scanderbeg in Music - extracts from a talk given by musicologist Eno Koço discussing how Scanderbeg has inspired composers from Vivaldi to Martin Gjoka and Fan Noli.
Tirana 10k Race - Rodney Oliver describes the Tirana 10k run which he completed in one hour and 15 minutes.
Tirana Half-Marathon - John Watkins is defeated by the heat and fails to complete the course.
Film Review: All He Needed was a Van and a Man - Fjoralba Miraka reviews The Van, a short film directed by Erenik Beqiri that tells the story of a young man who fights in a van to make money to emigrate.
Hoteli i Gjuetisë - John Watkins uncovers the history of the hunting lodge, Hoteli i Gjuetisë, built in the 1930s for Mussolini’s son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano.
Poem - Mother Albania by David Plummer
One, Two or Three Heads - Adam Yamey wonders if Albania’s double-headed eagle is connected to the carvings of double- and triple-headed eagles found in the Indus Valley and in ancient Mesopotamia.
Hope in Action - Ruth Courtney describes how she and her husband Steve set up “Hope in Action” in 1994, a charity that supports Albanian children with additional physical and educational needs.
Book preview - James Pettifer previews Somewhere near to History The Wartime Diaries of Sir Reginald Hibbert, SOE officer in Albania,1943-1944, edited by Jane Nicolov.
The White Hat at Radhimë - David Plummer buys a Norman Wisdom T-shirt and makes a new friend.
Letter from Tirana - “Nevinson”
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