The Pushkin Award
For a number of years over the past decade I have had a marginal involvement in the Pushkin Awards initiative with students and young people. It is the brainchild of the Duchess of Abercorn, a direct descendant of the writer Alexander Pushkin, and it provides a wonderful springboard to creativity for children of all ages and backgrounds. It was at Pushkin workshops that I wrote my first poem, my first story, and painted my first painting.