We had a very good turnout for the Baltic Exchange CD launch last Wednesday. However, the majority of attendees were connected with the music world  and not out regular BLA devotees. Therefore, please don’t forget that on Tuesday, February 9^th, Geoffrey Swain will give a talk on Latvia entitled:

“We shall have plenty of trouble on our hands from the Balts”: Britain , the Latvian Legation, and the Red Army’s Return to Latvia , autumn 1944

The subject touches areas that Latvians do not always find easy to talk about and so a lively evening is guaranteed!

His profile can be viewed at:

 http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/centralandeasteuropeanstudies/ourstaff/academicstaff/gs/

His key work on Latvia ( Daugavpils during and immediately after the second world war)  is:- Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46 (Routledge-Curzon, September 2004). The hardback edition normally retails at £95 but I obtained my paperback copy for just short of  £20 not so long ago!

This event takes place at 6:30pm at the Embassy of Latvia, 45 Nottingham Place , London W1U 5LY

Please reply to irena.hamiltone@mfa,gov.lv or telephone the Embassy at 020 7312 0041

Admission will be £6, which will cover the usual tasty nibbles and fine wines!

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On Tuesday, March 16^th, we have Phil Ruff lined up to talk about the 1905 revolt in Latvia and Latvian anarchist links to the 1911 siege of Sydney Street in London’s East end, about which subject he is currently in the process of authoring a book. Some more info. On Phil Ruff here:-

http://www.brh.org.uk/heads2008/political.html

http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/doc/phil-ruff-peter-painter-two-talks

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