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| The Green Gables was the excellent Congress hotel; and it is always a delight to visit Yorkshire . (Professor John Wells alluded to “ England ’s Texas ”!) Scarborough is still a marvellous holiday destination. To say that the Congress AGM was lively is an understatement. Details are, of course, found in other places! It was a pleasure to have three lectures from our friend Atilio Rojas: two about the DirectTeaching Method; one about Unknown South America. Our honorary member, Dr. Marjorie Boulton, lectured about Dr. Zamenhof: she presented us with valuable new insights. David Kelso was springboarding once more! (He was speaking about the new “language awareness” project for primary schools.) John Wells reminded us of the wit and wisdom of Raymond Schwartz; his talk contained a cornucopia of apposite quotes. (Esperanto is veritably a literary language!). Other excellent lectures were unfortunately missed because of dog-walking or exhaustion or official meetings! Apologies to all! But the play by the Verda Ranaro was not missed; it was written by Paul Gubbins, and used the Esperanto movement to challenge us all concerning the ethics of war and peace. Graham Blakey used the format of “Desert Island Discs” when he sympathetically interviewed Marjorie Boulton about her life and philosophy, likes and dislikes. The choice of music was characteristically unexpected. Humour was not lacking, but this was a most moving experience. The Congress had about eighty participants. David W. Bisset |