‘My father understood the human soul’: remembering the Jewish-Romanian author whose Holocaust stories continue to inspire compassion
Literature

‘My father understood the human soul’: remembering the Jewish-Romanian author whose Holocaust stories continue to inspire compassion

Why 70s art provocateur Maria Pinińska-Bereś is still so relevant in today’s Poland
Culture

Why 70s art provocateur Maria Pinińska-Bereś is still so relevant in today’s Poland

Zamilska brought a punk sensibility to the techno club. Now she wants to share her voice with the world
Music

Zamilska brought a punk sensibility to the techno club. Now she wants to share her voice with the world

We can’t get enough of this prankster grandma from Volgograd
Follow of the week

We can’t get enough of this prankster grandma from Volgograd

A Hungarian priest, a British Ambassador, and the Belarusian army all show off their gear in viral ‘Tetris Challenge’
Culture

A Hungarian priest, a British Ambassador, and the Belarusian army all show off their gear in viral ‘Tetris Challenge’

Sing along to classic Soviet musicals in London
Film

Sing along to classic Soviet musicals in London

What is intimacy? 10 Russian queer women talk candidly about love
Photography

What is intimacy? 10 Russian queer women talk candidly about love

Across the mountains: 6 photographers from the South Caucasus reveal how they see the world
Photography

Across the mountains: 6 photographers from the South Caucasus reveal how they see the world

The fascinating history of Polish migration to South America
Photography

The fascinating history of Polish migration to South America

Onboard an overnight ‘party’ ferry, Latvia’s youth sail into uncharted waters — and uncertain times
Photography

Onboard an overnight ‘party’ ferry, Latvia’s youth sail into uncharted waters — and uncertain times

The search for hope: Azerbaijani photographer Rena Effendi on capturing humanity’s will to survive
Photography

The search for hope: Azerbaijani photographer Rena Effendi on capturing humanity’s will to survive

Hidden and unmarked: vivid photos from inside Russia’s former closed towns  
Photography

Hidden and unmarked: vivid photos from inside Russia’s former closed towns  

Godless Utopia: how the Soviet Union launched its war against religion
Essays

Godless Utopia: how the Soviet Union launched its war against religion

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography
Literature

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography

Now you can finally catch divisive Russian YouTube star Yuri Dud in English
Media

Now you can finally catch divisive Russian YouTube star Yuri Dud in English

‘I had to fight for everything’: Maxim Calujac on the battle to reshape Moldova’s urban spaces
Person of interest

‘I had to fight for everything’: Maxim Calujac on the battle to reshape Moldova’s urban spaces

Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk flies high with Nobel Prize win
Literature

Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk flies high with Nobel Prize win

Socialist modernist gems from Tirana to Tashkent are under threat. These activists are trying to save them
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Socialist modernist gems from Tirana to Tashkent are under threat. These activists are trying to save them

Bucharest modernism: one photographer’s quest to capture the crumbling architectural legacy of Romania’s capital
Architecture

Bucharest modernism: one photographer’s quest to capture the crumbling architectural legacy of Romania’s capital

Beyond borders: a journey through the disputed republics of Transcaucasia
Photography

Beyond borders: a journey through the disputed republics of Transcaucasia

5 minute guide to Brno: modern landmarks and subterranean secrets in the Czech Republic’s second city
Travel Writing

5 minute guide to Brno: modern landmarks and subterranean secrets in the Czech Republic’s second city

Discover Poland’s coastal delights with our guide to Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot
Inspiration

Discover Poland’s coastal delights with our guide to Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot

5 minute guide to Riga: art nouveau and a thriving literary culture in this charming Baltic capital
Travel Writing

5 minute guide to Riga: art nouveau and a thriving literary culture in this charming Baltic capital

These sex-positive plaster casts are transforming private parts into public art
Design

These sex-positive plaster casts are transforming private parts into public art

Outraged by Greta Thunberg haters? So is satirical doodler Dan Perjovschi
Culture

Outraged by Greta Thunberg haters? So is satirical doodler Dan Perjovschi

5 minute guide to Vilnius: spooky cemeteries and cosy pubs in Lithuania’s capital
Travel

5 minute guide to Vilnius: spooky cemeteries and cosy pubs in Lithuania’s capital

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia
Travel

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Hungarian photographer Adél Koleszár turns her lens to the mass graves of Mexico’s drug wars
Photography

Hungarian photographer Adél Koleszár turns her lens to the mass graves of Mexico’s drug wars

Director Sergei Loznitsa on digging through Soviet archives and the challenge of dissecting the past
Film

Director Sergei Loznitsa on digging through Soviet archives and the challenge of dissecting the past

The heavens underground: the Soviet Union’s opulent metro stations, from Belarus to Uzbekistan
Architecture

The heavens underground: the Soviet Union’s opulent metro stations, from Belarus to Uzbekistan

Watch Soviet soldiers strut their stuff to Britney Spears and Katy Perry
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Watch Soviet soldiers strut their stuff to Britney Spears and Katy Perry

‘Propaganda is cheap’: what can Agnieszka Holland’s film on exposing Stalin’s crimes teach us about the truth today?
Film

‘Propaganda is cheap’: what can Agnieszka Holland’s film on exposing Stalin’s crimes teach us about the truth today?

Police, priest, soldier: a Russian art performance takes aim at the authorities after a summer of protests
Culture

Police, priest, soldier: a Russian art performance takes aim at the authorities after a summer of protests

In the face of official censure, Russia’s LGBTQ artists prove that their country has always been queer
Culture

In the face of official censure, Russia’s LGBTQ artists prove that their country has always been queer

Queer St Petersburg: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution
Photography

Queer St Petersburg: dispatches from the front lines of Russia’s LGBTQ creative revolution

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán's Hungary
Special reports

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán’s Hungary

In praise of Libuše Jarcovjáková, the photographer who captured the intimate underlife of 80s Czechoslovakia
Photography

In praise of Libuše Jarcovjáková, the photographer who captured the intimate underlife of 80s Czechoslovakia

Karabash’s toxic landscape is our future. We styled a dystopian fashion shoot to see it with our own eyes
Photography

Karabash’s toxic landscape is our future. We styled a dystopian fashion shoot to see it with our own eyes

Russian entrepreneurs make their own Soviet-style musical ode to Elon Musk
Music Video

Russian entrepreneurs make their own Soviet-style musical ode to Elon Musk

70 years on, a new animation revisits the painful history of Stalin’s deportation of Moldovans
Film

70 years on, a new animation revisits the painful history of Stalin’s deportation of Moldovans

This twisting timber pavilion is a must see at Tallinn Architecture Biennale
Architecture

This twisting timber pavilion is a must see at Tallinn Architecture Biennale

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