On the evening of Thursday 5 May, Elisabeth Ratiu, co-founder and Trustee of the Ratiu Foundation, took part in an open discussion with Dr Mike Phillips OBE, convenor of the Culture Power series, and Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman of the Ratiu Foundation.

The discussion touched on subjects from personal recollections of her early life to the establishment of Romanian cultural associations in the 1960s, the Ratiu Foundation in 1979, and the World Union of Free Romanians in 1984, as well as her contacts with Romania. The discussion was followed by a Q&A with the audience.
 

Video by Gabriel Haidau