"Yelling Hysterically and Incoherently": Chaos and Culture in '90s Riga
"What they were recording was the feeling of our times – that no one had any expectations of the future and no one knew what the next day would bring"Continue Reading →
Death in Reval: The Tallinn of Werner Bergengruen
One of the reasons for Bergengruen’s obscurity in Germany today might be that his writing is rich and sometimes too colourful, almost baroque in his descriptionsContinue Reading →
Playing Leaptiger: Estonian Innovations in Education
That in 2025 Estonia would be a global leader across multiple domains is not happenstance, but due to long-term investmentContinue Reading →
Through the Gaps in the System: Arvo Pärt and the Soviet Underground
"Pärt is still widely regarded as an isolated, solitary figure who appeared out of nowhere in 1980s Berlin, his crystalline musical language already fully formed"Continue Reading →
Dreaming by the Sea: Latvia's Coast Off-Season
"The people of those landscapes, both from Tranströmer's coast and from our own, have been looking at the surface of this sea for thousands of years"Continue Reading →