▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁with ▁First ▁Class ▁Hon ours . ▁ ▁He ▁taught ▁Russian ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Glasgow ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁Russian ▁department ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁St ▁Andrew s . ▁He ▁stayed ▁at ▁St ▁Andrew s ▁till ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁He ▁then ▁took ▁early ▁ret irement ▁to ▁concent rate ▁on ▁his ▁writing , ▁moving ▁to ▁C rom er ▁on ▁the ▁Nor folk ▁coast ▁where ▁he ▁has ▁lived ▁ever ▁since . ▁ ▁P itch er ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁book ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁His ▁two ▁interests ▁are ▁Anton ▁Che kh ov ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁exp atri ate ▁community ▁in ▁pre - re volution ary ▁Russia . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Che kh ov ' s ▁wife , ▁the ▁actress ▁Ol ga ▁K ni pper . ▁He ▁co - trans l ated ▁Che kh ov ' s ▁early ▁stories ▁with ▁Patrick ▁Mil es ; ▁this ▁volume ▁was ▁later ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Oxford ▁World ' s ▁Class ics ▁series . ▁He ▁wrote ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁English ▁gover ness es ▁in ▁Russia , ▁titled ▁When ▁Miss ▁Em m ie ▁was ▁in ▁Russia ▁( 1 9 7 7 ), ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁by ▁E land ▁Books . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁The ▁Smith s ▁of ▁Moscow ▁( 1 9 8 4 ) ▁( on ▁the ▁British ▁bo il erm akers ) ▁and ▁Mu ir