Despatch Twelve
The story so far:
Tatiana is employed by a Oleg, a Russian oligarch exiled at sea on his yacht the Flying Dutchman (Letushchy Golandets, Letgo for short). Her job is to brief him on all aspects of British life pending his arrival in London. Oleg and his wife Natalya (Natasha) have a son Nicholas (Kolya)who is down for Eton. Tatiana has a bodyguard Alexander (Sasha) with whom she recently had to flee to a safe house in a remote part of Scotland. Due to difficulties with the bank, which has frozen Oleg’s account, Tatiana has had to let the basement of her house in London and Sasha has got a job as a roadie until Christmas with a touring theatre company...
A strange coincidence
This afternoon, I walked up to my local bookshop to buy a collection of essays about Eastern and Western Europe by the historian Norman Davies. To remind me of the title of the book and its author, I had torn a review out of a weekly magazine. I passed this scrap of paper to the assistant behind the counter, and the assistant said to a man standing next to me, who was paying for a book: Adam, didn't you review this book? The man said: Yes. I reviewed it for The Spectator. Amazed, the assistant passed him the scrap of paper of his - Adam Zamoyski's - review, which I had torn out of The Spectator. This strange episode reminds me what a small world it is. But you wouldn't want to paint it (thanks to Sasha for this witticism ).
Ask Tatiana
Q: We read alarming things about the marriage of oligarch Abramovich and his wife Irina. What will become of us if there is a rift in our captain's lute (idiom of the day) and Oleg's assets are frozen ?
A: This will never happen. There was a pre-nup. Besides, Oleg has Natasha's mother locked up somewhere in the Letgo's hold.
The copyright and all other rights in this blog and the characters featured in it belong to Tatiana Larin-Gremin, and they may not be copied, adapted or otherwise used without her agreement.
Tatiana is employed by a Oleg, a Russian oligarch exiled at sea on his yacht the Flying Dutchman (Letushchy Golandets, Letgo for short). Her job is to brief him on all aspects of British life pending his arrival in London. Oleg and his wife Natalya (Natasha) have a son Nicholas (Kolya)who is down for Eton. Tatiana has a bodyguard Alexander (Sasha) with whom she recently had to flee to a safe house in a remote part of Scotland. Due to difficulties with the bank, which has frozen Oleg’s account, Tatiana has had to let the basement of her house in London and Sasha has got a job as a roadie until Christmas with a touring theatre company...
A strange coincidence
This afternoon, I walked up to my local bookshop to buy a collection of essays about Eastern and Western Europe by the historian Norman Davies. To remind me of the title of the book and its author, I had torn a review out of a weekly magazine. I passed this scrap of paper to the assistant behind the counter, and the assistant said to a man standing next to me, who was paying for a book: Adam, didn't you review this book? The man said: Yes. I reviewed it for The Spectator. Amazed, the assistant passed him the scrap of paper of his - Adam Zamoyski's - review, which I had torn out of The Spectator. This strange episode reminds me what a small world it is. But you wouldn't want to paint it (thanks to Sasha for this witticism ).
Ask Tatiana
Q: We read alarming things about the marriage of oligarch Abramovich and his wife Irina. What will become of us if there is a rift in our captain's lute (idiom of the day) and Oleg's assets are frozen ?
A: This will never happen. There was a pre-nup. Besides, Oleg has Natasha's mother locked up somewhere in the Letgo's hold.
The copyright and all other rights in this blog and the characters featured in it belong to Tatiana Larin-Gremin, and they may not be copied, adapted or otherwise used without her agreement.
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