Tag: poetry

21st January 2015

Paul Brummell, British Ambassador to Romania

by Paul Brummell

Head of Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Communication Directorate

UK/Romania Poetry Collaboration: Found in Translation

I was invited last week by the National Science and Arts Foundation and the Mayor of Sector 2 in Bucharest to help give out the prizes at the fifth edition of the “Om Intre Oameni” awards ceremony. The event, held on Romania’s National Cultural Day, the birth date of poet Mihai Eminescu, honoured Romanians who […]

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28th October 2011 Nairobi, Kenya

by Matt Baugh

Ambassador to Somalia

Somali Week Festival

This week sees the fifth year of the Somali Week Festival in London, organised by the Kayd Somali Arts and Culture organisation.  The British Office for Somalia is a proud sponsor of this event, which brings together poets, writers and musicians from across Somalia to perform in the UK.  This year’s artists and performers include […]

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