Redkino to Rutland--a glimmer of Glasnost

Margaret Herd met Vladimir Nikitin on a BDJ study tour in the Soviet Union in March 1988. As a result of their meeting Margaret moved heaven and earth to help Vladimir come for a taste of the West. He spent a month in Britain last Christmas, encountering with awe and disbelief the many everyday things that we take for granted. Here Margaret describes Vladimir's brief visit.