Living Off the Country
Speakers:
Peter Fleming who has travelled, widely in East and Central Asia and Brazil
Patrick Leigh Fermor who knows the Balkans, Greece, the Caribbean, and Central America
Dr. A. J. (Jock) Marshall the Australian explorer and zoologist whose experience has been mainly in New Guinea
Robert Thompson who. during the war, escaped from Hong Kong and travelled across China to rejoin the British Forces in Burma
Chairman, Bernard Fergusson who marched into Burma with both the Wingate expeditions
There are two good reasons for ' living off the country.' The first is necessity and the second a desire to experience hitherto untasted delicacies. The five men who meet together in this programme to discuss the seasonal topic of food and drink have eaten the local food for both reasons in the farthest quarters of the globe.