About myself My name is Michael and l live with my wife in a lovely old town which incldes Blenheim Palace, where Churchill was born, some 12 kms north of Oxford, Our son recently graduated. I teach history and politics in an international college in Oxford mainly to Russian speakers. I am a practicing Christian who has close links with the Orthodox community in Oxford while not being Orthodox myself. I was much better at German when I was young but have lacked practice. I am keen to imprive that and learn a little Russian. We plan to visit there next year. I have offered help with english on skype since 2012, freee of charge.