Dear friend of Arkadia, You are warmly invited to “Sarvlax – a Manor in My Heart and Mind” by Alexandra Ramsay on Friday 22.10 at 6pm. http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/manor/s/mesup/manor_mesup.html Alexandra Ramsay is a teacher and a Doctor in Philosophy, she is one of the authors of a new book on Finnish cultural history entitled “Sarvlax”. The book mirrors 600 years of history through the spectra of one of the largest manor houses in Finland. Alexandra Ramsay is a direct descendant of the families who owned Sarvlax through the centuries. http://www.sls.fi/doc.php?docid=55&bookid=50710 This lecture is part of a series called Learn About Finland and a result of the collaboration between Arbis and the bookshop.http://www.hel2.fi/arbis/english/index.htm The talk will be in English but questions will naturally be answered in Swedish, and also in Finnish. Warm regards, Ian www.arkadiabookshop.fi – Entrance is free and green tea will be served. A donation of €2 (or more!) is suggested and would be very welcome. The book, in Swedish, will be available at a special price at the bookshop. Helsingfors Arbis will soon offer other lectures, on various topics related to Finland, at the bookshop. For example: “Why and how do Finns consume Alcohol?”, “The Sighing of Finns”, “Finland in Facts” and “The Brief History of Charity in Swedish-Finnish History”.http://www.hel2.fi/arbis/english/index.htm