Michael Pugh
London-based media executive and co-host/executive producer of the PensionCraft investing podcast Many Happy Returns, formerly Head of Commercial Development at Guardian News & Media and BBC Studios.
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PODCASTS
Jul 29, 2026
Michael PughGUEST
Well, I don't know whether you've had things like this, but you don't always understand at the time.
Michael PughGUEST
Um, but I was looking at your Wayfarer book recently, and, um, I noticed that that had different dimensions to it.
Michael PughGUEST
In fact, my great-grandfather fought there during the intervention on behalf of the whites.
Michael PughGUEST
But I started my relationship with Russia by visiting it as a student in 1992 to study Russian.
Phoebe SmithHOST
So what was it that made you decide on the route, and what was it that made you decide to do it by horseback?