1. Yevtushenko asked bluntly whether this concert idea of mine was not a trap to get him into trouble.

2. Yevtushenko was no longer the cult figure he had been when he came to Britain at the association's invitation in 1962.

3. In another part of his letter Yevtushenko had confirmed that Bulat Okudzhava would be accepting my invitation.

4. As soon as I had met him off the plane at Heathrow Yevtushenko was asking me about the details of his programme.

5. Another example, in other occasions, he said: "When I was young read a yellow book" Snake Valley and other "once liked Yevgeny Yevtushenko" 8.