The next contribution in the Writers Open House is another classic memoir piece from accomplished author and loyal supporter of this blog, Ronald Mackay.
You can read Ronald's story Cold War Confusion here.
You can read Ronald's story Cold War Confusion here.
Ronald Mackay
Originally from Coupar Angus, Scotland, Ronald Mackay served the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1970 until 1974. His responsibilities included assessing the English language proficiency of all non-native speakers of English arriving as students or scholars. During those years Ronald met several visiting professors from the USSR and its satellites. He had worked in several of these countries and had experience of their repressive political systems and had encountered their covert security agencies.
In “Cold War Confusion” he shows how the Cold War engendered suspicions in the mind of a visitor from the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, at that time, an integral part of the USSR and occupied by Russian troops.
Now, Ronald and his wife, Viviana, reside in Voorburg, the Netherlands. They spend winter months in Buenavista del Norte on Tenerife’s north coast.
Ronald enjoys contributing to Fred’s Blog and is author of “Fortunate Isle, a Memoir of Tenerife”, “The Kilt Behind the Curtain”, and “Windows On My Worlds: A Collection of 31 Short Stories”. He has also written a memoir in Spanish, “A Tenerife con Cariño”, and is soon to release a second.
Originally from Coupar Angus, Scotland, Ronald Mackay served the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1970 until 1974. His responsibilities included assessing the English language proficiency of all non-native speakers of English arriving as students or scholars. During those years Ronald met several visiting professors from the USSR and its satellites. He had worked in several of these countries and had experience of their repressive political systems and had encountered their covert security agencies.
In “Cold War Confusion” he shows how the Cold War engendered suspicions in the mind of a visitor from the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, at that time, an integral part of the USSR and occupied by Russian troops.
Now, Ronald and his wife, Viviana, reside in Voorburg, the Netherlands. They spend winter months in Buenavista del Norte on Tenerife’s north coast.
Ronald enjoys contributing to Fred’s Blog and is author of “Fortunate Isle, a Memoir of Tenerife”, “The Kilt Behind the Curtain”, and “Windows On My Worlds: A Collection of 31 Short Stories”. He has also written a memoir in Spanish, “A Tenerife con Cariño”, and is soon to release a second.
Ronald and Viviana - Voorburg, The Netherlands
