From Regivärss to Kivirähk: A Brief Overview of Estonian Literature
From ancient traditional folk verse through the futurists and neo-romantics of independence, to the "cassette generation" and beyondContinue Reading →
The Quiet Courtesies of Riga: Learning to Share Space in a Small Capital
"For someone arriving from a city where queues are either aggressively policed or completely absent, this gentler discipline can be disorienting"Continue Reading →
How Latin Became the Literary Language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
"In the 15th century a story first appears that the Lithuanians were descended from a group of Roman soldiers who were blown off course after leaving Britain in 55 BC"Continue Reading →