The Keston Institute (Keston College) is an organization dedicated to the study of religion and communist countries, at Oxford, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1969 by Rev Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux.

In the 1950s, Michael Bourdeaux spent a year in Moscow as a part of the first wave of British exchange students; soon he found 41 Russian Orthodox Churches still functioning out of the 1,600 before the Russian Revolution in 1917, this prompted him to take up the cause of those persecuted for their religious faith .

Eventually in 1969, he founded at Chislehurst the 'Centre for the Study of Religion and Communism' together with Sir John Lawrence, with the help of Professor Leonard Schapiro and Professor Peter Reddawayunder. In the early 1970s he bought the old parish school on Keston Common and the centre was renamed Keston College. Later it broadened its purview to include formerly communist countries with its main concerns being the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc . Over the years it played a key role in the revival of Russian Orthodox Church, and has become leading voice on religious freedom in former communist countries, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union . Eventually the enterprise was relocated to Oxford.

Coordinates: 51°21′45″N 0°01′38″E / 51.3625°N 0.0271°E / 51.3625; 0.0271

Keston is a part suburban, part rural area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It lies on the edge of Hayes Common, to the northwest of Greater London's border with Kent.

Flint implements and pit dwellings on Keston and Hayes Commons show occupation of the area back to at least 3000 B.C., and there are Iron Age encampments in Holwood Park and on Keston Common.

In the valley below the village are the ruins of a complex of 3rd century AD Roman tombs and mausolea (51°21′04″N 0°01′48″E / 51.3511068°N 0.0299549°E / 51.3511068; 0.0299549) connected with the nearby 1st - 4th century AD Roman villa excavated 1967-1992 (51°21′02″N 0°01′44″E / 51.3506679°N 0.0287962°E / 51.3506679; 0.0287962).

Sited closer to the original Keston Court than the main village itself, Keston's small medieval church is unusual in that does not have a dedication to a saint, but built into the altar-table is the top of the 17th century altar inlaid with a very elaborate cross and inscribed "The Keston Marke: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES", so the parish has a distinctive symbol instead.

Sol Price (January 23, 1916 – December 14, 2009) was the founder of FedMart and Price Club (since merged into Costco). He is considered a pioneer of the "warehouse store" retail model.

Born in New York City, Price was the son of Samuel and Bella Price, immigrants to the United States from Minsk (Russia), in the early years of the 20th century. The name Price, which later became so apt, was assigned at Ellis Island; the original name may have been Press or Preuss. The family relocated to San Diego in the early 1920s.

Price graduated from San Diego High School in 1931, attended San Diego State University in 1932 and earned his undergraduate degree in philosophy and law degrees from the University of Southern California Law School in 1936 and 1938 respectively, by which time he had married his girlfriend Helen Moskowitz, the couple eloping to Las Vegas. Price was admitted to the California Bar in November 1938.

Price launched the first FedMart in 1954 and founded Price Club in 1976. The company went public in 1980. In 1993 Costco merged with (bought) Price Club to form PriceCostco. Leadership in the new organization was shared between Sol Price's son, Robert, and James Sinegal. After eight months, PriceCostco spun off a separate company called Price Enterprises, led by the younger Price. The company eventually evolved into PriceSmart, which operates warehouse clubs overseas, while the domestic operations became Costco.

John Keston (born Francis Douglas Arthur Caston, December 5, 1924) is an English-born actor and singer, and a world-record-holding runner.

Keston's best known acting performance may be his portrayal of Gehn, the complex villain from the video game Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997). The character has developed a cult following. (A short scene in which Keston is heard singing "O Sole Mio" is hidden in the game, in a type of file known as an Easter egg. It was unscripted—filmed while Keston gave an impromptu performance when waiting between takes.)

In 1968, John Keston appeared with Juliet Prowse in the original West End (London) production of Neil Simon's Sweet Charity at the Prince of Wales Theatre, in the role of Vittorio Vidal, receiving billing directly below the title. The show was conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse (who also made significant but uncredited contributions to the book). Keston appears on the cast album of that production. He once recalled his audition for Neil Simon, who was bringing the hit show to London from Broadway. Being a trained singer, Keston wanted to be taken seriously as an actor. When asked if he could sing, he said, "A bit." He was taken aside for his vocal audition, gave an excellent performance, and got the job.