We are very excited to be welcoming Joe Luc Barnes to Stow on 5th May, to celebrate his book, "Farewell to Russia". Snow, concrete, the KGB: that’s the cliché of the Soviet Union. But its collapse in 1991 sparked a story at once messier and more compelling than any stereotype. Thirty-five years on, Moscow may brim with champagne bars and blacked-out Mercedes – but what became of the other fourteen states that emerged from the ashes? Free event. Tickets through Eventbrite