Second only to the capital of St Petersburg in incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea, Tallinn outranked much larger cities in the Russian Empire in terms of infection.Continue Reading →
Gendered languages pose problems for identity expression. But what about genderless languages? Does Estonian offer a natural home for the nonbinary?Continue Reading →
"For the adventurer, photographer, urban explorer or historian, Kopli Lines are a beautifully preserved window into the past."Continue Reading →
If I had a car/ if we had time/ I'd take you/ first to a ferry/ and then/ over sea/ island-bound...Continue Reading →
"Something to be preserved at all cost is the connection to this place – that’s the reason it’s Estonian literature, and not Latvian or French literature."Continue Reading →
"All the songs I’m offering here have been used in classic pieces of Estonian cinema, old and new..."Continue Reading →
"They announced the creation of an independent socialist republic, the Soviet Republic of the Sailors and Builders of the Fortress of Naissaar Island"Continue Reading →
DB's editor Will Mawhood is joined by Tallinn-based David Edwards and Stuart Garlick for a discussion about identity and how the country is changing.Continue Reading →
"He was truly amazed, if not perhaps shocked, that people, refugees, were not only thinking of creating a university, but were actually organising it."Continue Reading →
Organised religion, imported by a series of invaders and occupiers, was never able to fully repress pagan traditions in Estonia.Continue Reading →
"When my grandfather died, my father stopped speaking Latvian... he had no-one to speak to"Continue Reading →
"A record was a holy thing that would go from hand to hand, recorded over and over on reel tapes."Continue Reading →
