Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 16, Spring 2021
- Anglo-Albanian Association
- Nov 18
- 1 min read
Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 16, Spring 2021
Shkollë “Ismail Dema”, Fushë Mamurras - update on the school’s reconstruction after the November 2019 earthquake; the school reopened in September 2020.
The impact of the Skopje years on Mother Teresa’s calling and ministry - Mother Teresa’s biographer, Professor Gëzim Alpion, argues that if we can unravel the connections between Mother Teresa and Albania, we will be better placed to understand how Mother Teresa has come to epitomise Albania itself.
An Evening of Albanian Poetry - Joan Pearce and John Watkins report on an evening of Albanian poetry presented by Albanian language students at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). Poets profiled include Flora Brovina, Rrahman Dedaj and Ilirian Zhupa.
In Tilman’s Footsteps - when Richard Hargreaves set off for a trek in southern Albania, he found himself following in the footsteps of Bill Tilman, an SOE officer in Albania for ten months, from August 1943 to May 1944.
Ali Pasha and Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars - John Watkins reports on a talk by Sir Noel Malcolm detailing Ali Pasha’s skillful diplomacy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Tribute - Stephen Nash remembers writer, academic and Albanophile, Tom Winnifrith, who died in October 2020.
Joseph Roth, an Austrian in Albania - Josef Roth visited Albania in the summer of 1927. Adam Yamey investigates his role in Balkan diplomacy.
Letter [not] from Tirana - “Nevinson”
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