Thanks are owed to the famous Bulgarian sculptor Georgi Chapkanov for his specially created metal icon of Saint Nicholas, with the patron saint of fishermen – and by extension of the Falklands principal industry – untraditionally depicted as holding a large fish (albeit not a squid). That piece of art is now housed at the Legislative Councillors’ Office, Gilbert House.
I am most grateful to former Falklands Governor David Tatham for his valuable comments and suggestions on my paper.
Thanks are also due to Ernie Spencer, Wayne Thompson and Svetla Racheva for their kind help in editing parts of the present collection.
It has been a pleasure to work with Todor Vardjiev on the publication’s design.
And last but certainly not least, I offer sincere thanks to my co-authors Carlos Escudé, Ernie Spencer, Howard Fergus, Jan Cheek, John Ondawame, Mark Sandford, Mike Summers, Noel Cox, Nora Femenia and the Government of Saint Helena for joining this publication to contribute opinion and analysis of their own, reflecting their diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Lyubomir Ivanov
Sofia, September 2003 - March 2004
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