The Singing Ambassador: A Tajik Story
Hugh Philpott OBE, 12 October 2026 19:00 BST at the Army and Navy Club Army. In person only – hosted jointly with the Iran Society
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Kyrgyzstan and the Future of Tradition
Joe Luc Barnes is an author and journalist writing on the countries of the former Soviet Union Cholpon Melisbekova rests her komuz across her lap, the carved wooden instrument worn smooth by years of practice. “When I was little, in the 2000s, I was embarrassed to carry it with me,” she tells me. “Now I…
