Perrottet. A journey through the historical underbelly of europe and most recently, cuba libre. As a College Student tony regularly disappeared to hitchhike and travel through rural india. Tonys travel stories have been published in magazines and have been translated into a dozen languages and wildly anthologized. He is also a regular television guest on the History Channel where he has spoken about everything from the crew sausad the birth of disco. Please join me in welcoming t e tonetony perrottet. [ applause ] thank you for coming out. You may be wondering from my funny accent what is an australian doing living in new york and writing about cuba. Many have wondered. The reason is that i used to live in argentina and reported all around south america. If you live in latin america, every one there is thinking about cuba. What happened in cuba and whats going to happen. In that sense i felt like i really had to go. I finally did in 1996 which is called just after the soviet union coll
And in fact, in santa clara, supporters would make molotov cocktails for them and pass them out the windows so they could be used. So this happened, like, december 30, 1958. News filters out that they have managed to seize this train, and men go in, and it is like aladdins cave. They have hundreds of guns, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, and its this extraordinary thing. And word gets back to havana on new years eve, and the dictator , whose main worry at this stage was that there would be a military coup, or that he would be arrested and put on trial, decides to cut and run. So he has a regular new Years Eve Party, and if you have seen godfather part ii, its more or less accurate. He has a new Years Eve Party , has his chicken and rice at the cup of brandy, and then he reads a statement that he is about to leave havana, about to abandon cuba. And there are three dc4s waiting on the airstrip with a list of names of people who are coming with him. And people start running to the ofplan
History tv on cspan 3. We talk about fidel and the revolution that changed world history. Him scusses Fidel Castros begins and the Important Role of young people. This hosted the event. Australian born perpetual explorer travel writer books hor of six the grand apoleons, tour, journey through the europe al underbelly of fidel andecently che, the revolution that changed history. He College Student regularly disappeared for hikes through the outback and traveled rural india where he had. Career makes ed in manhattan he it a point to continue exploring beijing and other place. Have been stories published in magazines like new and translated into a dozen languages. Having been selected several times for the best American Travel writer series. He is a regular guest on History Channel where he is spoken about everything from the crusaders. It is available for sale after the program. Welcoming me in tony. Hello, everybody. Such you for coming out on a beautiful spring night. Celebrate the sec
Hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time, becoming the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. A happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community. It was a good time for cuba anybody could participate, do everything that so
Hello. Imjohn wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 Podcast Series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. He became the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, acosta danza, and is also director of the birmingham royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. A happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. I would say it was poorer than most families, but still there was a big, big sense of community. It was a good time for cuba anybody c