NEWS & EVENTS
Speech by Julia Charlton about the Master and Margarita movie 2024
Today is the 133rd anniversary of Bulgakov’s birthday, and, as you know, according to the lunar calendar the Buddha’s birthday (the 8th day of the 4th lunar month) also happens to fall upon the same day this year.
Movie screening of Master and Margarita
On 15th May 2024, the Bulgakov Society hosted an exclusive movie screening of “The Master and Margarita.”
SPEECH BY JULIA CHARLTON ABOUT TRAMWAYS
Today I want to tell a fantastic story about how a routine means of transportation – an ordinary city tram – connected the socio-cultural space of Moscow and Hong Kong. And it inspired the creation of the Mikhail Bulgakov Society as an intellectual platform uniting people ready to discuss and develop the writer’s philosophical ideas.
Tram Halloween Party by The Bulgakov Society and The Russian Club in Hong Kong
On 27th October 2023, the Bulgakov Society and the Russian Club in Hong Kong hosted a Halloween party on tram No. 18.
The founder of the Bulgakov Society – Ms. Julia Charlton in her opening speech spoke about how the tram connected the socio-cultural space of Moscow and Hong Kong.
“The Master and Margarita”, Chapter IV – Weekly Reads
Ivan Bezdomny is shocked by what he sees. People gather around the deceased Berlioz and discuss the tragedy. It turns out that Annushka from Sadovaya street spilled the oil. Ivan, who has just heard a prediction from a foreigner, rushes to him for an explanation.
But the professor of black magic pretends that he does not understand Russian and leaves, accompanied by a strange man in a checkered jacket and a huge black cat. Bezdomny tries to catch up with them, but in vain.
“The Master and Margarita”, Chapter III – Weekly Reads
Everyone believed the professor except Berlioz. The last straw of his patience was the announcement of this abnormal person that he was going to move into his apartment. Leaving Bezdomny to look after the crazy man, Berlioz was going to take action against the foreigner, but first he had to run to the telephone booth. One call and the problem is solved.
On the way, he reflected on the words thrown after him that the devil exists and there is a seventh proof of this. He did not have time to bring his thoughts to their logical conclusion.