From Kalniņš to Bergs (and Back): Latvian Surnames Over Time
Surnames are something that all of us in Europe have (now), but there’s a huge amount of variation both in the date of adoption and the forms they take across…Continue 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 →
Storks and Larches: Looking for the Baltic Germans' Traces
British-born, Latvian-based writer Mike Collier's latest novel attempts to reconstruct a world that existed not too long agoContinue Reading →