It was a joy to go to Glasgow, Scotland last April for the meeting of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies. I was on a panel with Kristen Ghodsee and Anna Dobrowolska about the material culture of late socialism. I presented on Czechoslovak TVs, Kristen presented on Yugoslav typewriters, and Anna presented on Polish erotica. We also took the time to explore the region, paying a visit to the site of Robert Owen’s original intentional community at New Lanark.