Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 26, Summer 2024
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Anglo-Albanian Gazette Issue 26, Summer 2024
Tributes - Ismail Kadare - novelist and translator Robert Wilton, historian Jordan Lancaster and AAA Chairman, Stephen Nash with their tributes to Albania’s most famous author who died on 1 July 2024.
Poem - Even when my memory by Ismail Kadare, translated by Robert Wilton
Tribute - Lord Rothschild - Stephen Nash remembers Lord Rothschild, one of the founders of the Butrint Foundation, who died in February 2024.
Tribute - Mamica Toska - Phil Logoreci profiles Mamica Toska, Chargé d'Affaires at the Albanian Embassy, now recalled to Tirana.
Albania: Impressions after Three Years - outgoing UK Ambassador to Albania, Alastair King-Smith, looks back over his tour of duty in Albania.
King Charles III official birthday - Carolyn Perry reports on celebrations in Tirana
Marubi National Museum of Photography - John Watkins reviews an evening dedicated to the cultural life of Shkodër and the Marubi National Museum of Photography. Guest speakers: Dr Mirela Xhaferraj from University College London and AAA Board member Aida Haziri.
Visit to Kew Gardens - John Watkins joins an AAA tour to Kew Gardens and looks for examples of Albanian flora among its collections.
Tulipa albanica - Penny Munden remembers Besnik Hallaçi, the botanist who discovered the Albanian Tulip.
Air Travel between Albania and the UK - Marsida Shehu, Aviation Business Developer at Tirana Airport, details the growth in UK-Albanian air travel since the first direct flight in 2006.
Albanian Tourism: A Low-Cost Destination? - Peter Jani asks if increasing numbers of visitors will damage Albania’s unique cultural heritage.
Epidamnos: A Settlement Hidden By Time - Dr Brikena Shkodra-Rrugia examines archaeological evidence about Epidamnos, an Illyrian settlement buried beneath modern Durrës.
Albania, 1997 - Penny Munden remembers living through the violence triggered by the collapse of the pyramid investment schemes.
Boza - Adam Yamey in Istanbul enjoys a glass of boza, a drink made from fermented grain and popularised by an Albanian from Prizren.
Letter from the Albanian lands - “Nevinson”
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