by British Embassy Sofia
The British Ambassador’s Residence in Sofia throughout the years. The FCO Historians have kindly provided us with the majority of the below images.
This blog post was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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Excellent, and nostalgic, to see these pictures. I was Аташе and later 3-Секретар in the Legation, later Embassy 1962-65. In 1964, under Sir William Harpham, we celebrated Shakespeare’s Quatercentenary by temporarily converting the Residence Ballroom into a theatre (with a two-level stage), and for five nights presented extracts from five plays and five monologues. The finale was five scenes from Macbeth, with costumes borrowed form the Sofia National Opera. Not bad for the depths of the Cold War. The Club in the Residence basement was a fine place to relax, when, fairly rarely, we had the time! The Ambassador’s study was especially well-used by the excellent Bill Harpham. (See also my book Diplomatic Anecdotage, notably Chapters 1-3 on Bulgaria.)
Happy birthday!
What no invite to the party 🙁
Maybe next time.
Have a good day yours to a crisp
Ian from Kozloduy