Stephen Dalziel, Executive Director of RBCC, welcomed the over 100 guests in the spacious rooms of MacDougall’s who included new members and old. Among those present were the Rt. Hon. Tim Eggar, Chairman of RBCC, Renata Tairbekova of the BBC World Service, Nikolay Chernov of Intourist, Barry Martin and Margaret Rowse of Russia House, Stephen Jacobs of The English Kilt Company and Patrick Fullick the founder and president of Science Connections.