Our president John Pilkington spent five months in 2013 exploring the Balkan mountains from Trieste to Istanbul. “I’d visited Yugoslavia briefly in the 1970s,” he says. “Since then they’ve abandoned communism, suffered brutal conflicts, and taken small steps towards coming together with the rest of Europe. In Bosnia and Kosovo I found people still traumatised, but many were working hard to create a peaceful future.”

John has been called “one of Britain’s greatest tellers of travellers’ tales”. He has given talks to over 1,000 audiences in five countries, and holds the Royal Geographical Society’s Ness Award for popularising geography and the wider understanding of the world. His stunning photos and inspiring commentary will make this an evening not to be missed.

Market Greeting

Bridge Without a River

Brothers

Ravine

In Discussion

All photographs © John Pilkington