“To Gain Knowledge, Go to Wilne”: A Walk Through Jewish Vilnius
In the 18th century the city was known as a religious centre and even called the “Jerusalem of the North”, despite anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish attacks.Continue Reading →
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Spin Unit: Revealing the City through Art and Science
We aim to hack the invisible city, leverage the secret strengths of urban spaces, and explore how the many characters, all the different layers of the urban fabric come togetherContinue Reading →
The Meaning of a Memorial: Reading Kaunas’s Garden of War
Looking at the site of memory in Kaunas, the “dying for…” is clear: the highest aim of the Lithuanian nation is freedomContinue Reading →
Britain and the Baltics 2 – …to Peep Show
"We consider [the Soviet Union and Russia] to be synonymous, don't we?"Continue Reading →
The Baltic States in a Post-NATO Environment: An Interview with Edward Lucas
"If we can get through the next few years, which are going to be difficult from a geopolitical point of view, I think the Baltic states have a very bright…Continue Reading →
From Memel to Klaipėda: the Lithuania Minor Revolt 94 Years On
In January 1923 Lithuanian troops entered Memel, dressed as civilians, where they staged a revolt, easily taking control from the French troops stationed thereContinue Reading →
“Comfortable Doesn’t Interest Me”: Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė
Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė’s novel Breathing into Marble is a dark, compelling tale of a family torn apart and a woman driven to the edge of madness.Continue Reading →
Filming Visaginas: Lithuania’s Nuclear Russian Butterfly City
In the early 1970s my parents moved from Russia to Vilnius, the capital of the Lithuanian SSR, in search for work and better life. This is where I was born.Continue Reading →
Didzis Melbiksis: Sticking Up for Refugees in the Baltics
Latvian Didzis Melbiksis is the UNHCR Association Communication Officer for Northern Europe, responsible for managing the UN's communication with the media and public in the region.Continue Reading →
Britain and the Baltics 1: From Pepys…
"Hee vanquished the armie of the king of Lettowe, with the captiuitie of foure Lithuanian Dukes and the slaughter of three..."Continue Reading →
A Sleeping District of Poets and Painters: Redefining Kaunas’s Šilainiai
"It was a freshly made community – back in the Soviet Union, they tried to sell the whole housing estate as this sort of utopian vision"Continue Reading →
Mushroom Hunting in Vermont – Lithuanian Style
You could say that Lithuanians are obsessed with mushrooms, and that would be an understatement.Continue Reading →