21st March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Paul Wright Paul Wright is a British businessman who first came to Sofia ten years ago, only temporary, for three months. Ten years later Paul is still here and married to a Bulgarian woman; they have one child. In his #100UKBG story, Paul talks about Bulgaria and his Bulgarian life. The simplest thing to say […]
19th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Anne Clay Anne Clay lived in Bulgaria between 1973-1975. Anne is Edward Clay’s wife, who was Second Secretary and Cultural Attaché at British Embassy Sofia in the same period. To reach Bulgaria, Anne and her husband, together with their fourteen-month old baby, crossed Europe by car. Before Bulgaria, the family spent two years in East Africa. […]
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13th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Alan Burner Alan Burner was 3rd Secretary at the British Embassy Sofia, 1970-1972, and Deputy Head of Mission, 1984-1987. In 1964, Alan spent a fortnight holiday with the family of Sir William Harpham, Britain’s first Ambassador to Bulgaria, at his Residence in Sofia. (Before that there were British Agents, Consul-Generals, High Commissioners and Political Representatives). Alan kept […]
11th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Ian Stewart Ian Stewart was Director of British Council Bulgaria from 2002 to 2007. Before taking the position, together with his wife Ann they spent four intensive weeks in the heat of Varna learning Bulgarian, rocked to “sleep” by all-night wedding celebrations and Techno festivals. They left Bulgaria in one cold grey morning in December 2007 […]
7th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by John Mitchell John Mitchell is a British person who has been living in a small town in the Sliven region for a few years; he speaks Bulgarian and feels fully integrated in the community. Together with local friends, he regularly visits the town’s café, which quite naturally turns into a generator of many colourful, quirky […]
6th March 2014
by guest blogger Baroness Verma This blogpost follows Baroness Verma’s official visit to Bulgaria, 3-5 March. It was also published in Standart newspaper. I am delighted that I had the chance to visit Bulgaria this week. As European partners, Bulgaria and the UK need to share ideas on the big challenges of our generation: ensuring energy security, tackling […]
5th March 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by John Cloake John Cloake is a former British Ambassador to Bulgaria (1976-1980). When we invited him to contribute to the 100 Years UK in BG blog, he came back to us saying that he holds “many good memories of Bulgaria” and that has always thought that the British Ambassador’s Residence in Sofia was “the […]
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28th February 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Alexandra Mihaylova Alexandra Mihaylova has worked as Manager of the British Ambassador’s Residence in Bulgaria since 2002. We decided to break the rule of only featuring stories written by British people who have lived, or are living, in Bulgaria, on our 100 Years UK in BG blog, because Alex can offer endless stories about “the House” and what is […]
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26th February 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria
by Jonathan Allen Ambassador Jonathan Allen and his family are the current, temporary tenants of the British Residence in Sofia. The Residence has been their home since February 2012 (December 2013 for their young son). Ambassador Allen has many stories about the Residence and filling it with life; its calmness, the different perspective and the sense […]
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25th February 2014
The usual approach of a blogger or commentator to a historical event is to look for modern-day comparisons; to use the event to support a link to a trend of interest or concern. But this approach cannot be adopted on the Holocaust. Because of its horrors, because of its sheer scale, there can be no […]