Arnold McMillin: “When Belarusians came, they started with the library”
Prof. Arnold McMillin is dearly loved for his enormous contribution to studying and popularising Belarusian literature, for supporting the Belarusian community in Britain and…
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Vera Rich and Guy Picarda – the Centipede’s Dilemma [1]
Jim DingleyEnglish text – January 2016. This paper was delivered at the Congress of the International Association of Belarusianists (Міжнародная асацыяцыя беларусістаў), held in Miensk in…
Манифест беларусской диаспоры
В Беларусской библиотеке в Лондоне довелось познакомиться с интересным историческим документом – по сути дела, политической программой беларусской послевоенной эмиграции. Этот документ – Манифест Беларусского освободительного…
Belarusians in the UK: library as a soft-power tool
Ihar Ivanoŭ This article appeared in Belarusian Review, Vol. 27, No. 3. When few months ago the Anglo-Belarusian Society held an event commemorating the…
Student Memories of Marian House and Skaryna Library
Aleksey Gibson In his short memoir for the Skaryna Library, an American Slavist Aleksey Gibson recalls his time as a student in London in 1978-1982….
Fabijan Šantyr: “The national revival will never die”
Kanstancin Kasiak. Originally published in Belarusian by Budzma The Spanish radio network Cadena SER recently published hitherto unknown documents from the archives of the…
A London Blogger about Skarynaŭka: How could a Belarusian library thrive in London, let alone to be the largest one outside Belarus?
An unlikely venue – Hey, what are you writing about now? – I was asked every once in a while some time ago. –…
Father Alexander Nadson: In Remembrance
(Dr) Shirin Akiner Senior Fellow, Cambridge Central Asian Research Forum; Research Associate, University of London Father Alexander Nadson, Director of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian…
Mgr Alexander Nadson: obituary
Jim Dingley The death at the age of 88 in Barnet Hospital on Wednesday 15 April of Mitr Alexander Nadson, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian…