The last in the second series of four talks In which Mary Seton-Watson Introduces selections from the state-owned literary journals.
Nostalgia for Old Russia When reaving home for a long period, some peasants would go out to the barn and address the guardian spirit, asking him to look after the animals in their absence. A kindly dvorovushko would sometimes reply by rustling with a broom or by giving a light cough.' Reader BENJAMIN WHITROW Producer LOUISE PURSLOW