Warsaw's Autor Rooms is the perfect boutique hotel for design fanatics everywhere | The Escapist
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Warsaw’s Autor Rooms is the perfect boutique hotel for design fanatics everywhere | The Escapist

How battle rap and streaming platforms are bridging Kyrgyz hip-hop’s elders and youth
Music

How battle rap and streaming platforms are bridging Kyrgyz hip-hop’s elders and youth

‘Take away our chance to work and it's the equivalent of dying’: remembering Giorgi Shengelaia, Georgia’s genius cinema autuer
Film

‘Take away our chance to work and it’s the equivalent of dying’: remembering Giorgi Shengelaia, Georgia’s genius cinema autuer

The Trap: Ludovic Bruckstein’s elegantly-observed novellas are a time capsule and warning about Romania’s lost multi-ethnic world
Literature

The Trap: Ludovic Bruckstein’s elegantly-observed novellas are a time capsule and warning about Romania’s lost multi-ethnic world

Russian art-activist brand Kultrab to launch feminist calendar for International Women’s Day
Culture

Russian art-activist brand Kultrab to launch feminist calendar for International Women’s Day

Rise and dine: the 7 best places to have brunch in Moscow
Inspiration

Rise and dine: the 7 best places to have brunch in Moscow

Guitars and the grind: stories from Siberia’s fractured DIY music scene
Exploration

Guitars and the grind: stories from Siberia’s fractured DIY music scene

Fat Thursday? Enjoy Poland’s tastiest holiday with this delectable doughnut recipe 
Culture

Fat Thursday? Enjoy Poland’s tastiest holiday with this delectable doughnut recipe 

Immigration officers wanted proof my relationship was real. So I made it into an art project
Photography

Immigration officers wanted proof my relationship was real. So I made it into an art project

Sofia’s youth are cultivating an inclusive DIY party scene — you just need to know where to go
Photography

Sofia’s youth are cultivating an inclusive DIY party scene — you just need to know where to go

The price of choice: what I learned photographing women denied their reproductive rights across the globe
Photography

The price of choice: what I learned photographing women denied their reproductive rights across the globe

Power! Gender! Animal print! Listen to our fashion podcast on the meaning of Russian style 
Fashion

Power! Gender! Animal print! Listen to our fashion podcast on the meaning of Russian style 

The glorious optimist: Hungarian neo-avantgarde artist Dóra Maurer arrives at London’s Tate Modern
Culture

The glorious optimist: Hungarian neo-avantgarde artist Dóra Maurer arrives at London’s Tate Modern

Lithuania’s rising opera singer talks feminist Carmen, gruelling training, and how talking equal pay is still taboo 
Person of interest

Lithuania’s rising opera singer talks feminist Carmen, gruelling training, and how talking equal pay is still taboo 

i-Sanj: Kazakh TV channel introduces its first virtual news anchor
Innovation

i-Sanj: Kazakh TV channel introduces its first virtual news anchor

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov announces new film on Auschwitz’s ‘angel of death’
Film

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov announces new film on Auschwitz’s ‘angel of death’

A Russian queer revolution is in the making and you can now follow it on Instagram
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A Russian queer revolution is in the making and you can now follow it on Instagram

When a Romanian pop sensation was appointed ambassador for legendary sculptor Brâncuși, scandal ensued
Culture

When a Romanian pop sensation was appointed ambassador for legendary sculptor Brâncuși, scandal ensued

France à la russe: a cosmopolitan guide to Russian Paris
Inspiration

France à la russe: a cosmopolitan guide to Russian Paris

Beyond borders: how today’s Ukrainian artists are setting their sights on the world
Culture

Beyond borders: how today’s Ukrainian artists are setting their sights on the world

Out with the Old Town: your guide to Prague’s alternative nightlife venues
Inspiration

Out with the Old Town: your guide to Prague’s alternative nightlife venues

Sleeping high: stay at Batumi’s Kartuli Hotel on the 37th floor of a skyscraper by the Black Sea | The Escapist 
Inspiration

Sleeping high: stay at Batumi’s Kartuli Hotel on the 37th floor of a skyscraper by the Black Sea | The Escapist 

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

To The Lake: Kapka Kassabova’s book is a melancholic tale of boundaries and war in the Balkans
Literature

To The Lake: Kapka Kassabova’s book is a melancholic tale of boundaries and war in the Balkans

Marble Ass, Yugoslavia’s first openly queer film, turns 25. Here’s why you need to watch it
Film

Marble Ass, Yugoslavia’s first openly queer film, turns 25. Here’s why you need to watch it

Uzbekistan’s liberal Ilkhom Theatre survived decades of dictatorship. Now real estate developers could spell its downfall
Theatre

Uzbekistan’s liberal Ilkhom Theatre survived decades of dictatorship. Now real estate developers could spell its downfall

The Watchlist: Kirill Serebrennikov’s The Student is a dark teen drama about religious fanaticism
Film

The Watchlist: Kirill Serebrennikov’s The Student is a dark teen drama about religious fanaticism

Heading to Croatia? Here are the books, movies, and bands you need in your life to get beyond the tourist trail
Culture

Heading to Croatia? Here are the books, movies, and bands you need in your life to get beyond the tourist trail

Listen to Russia’s new generation of electronic talent with this exhilarating mix from #internetghetto
Music

Listen to Russia’s new generation of electronic talent with this exhilarating mix from #internetghetto

Portraits of Russia: emerging photographers capture the faces of a young nation
Photography

Portraits of Russia: emerging photographers capture the faces of a young nation

Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky detained for leaking a French politician sex tape
Culture

Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky detained for leaking a French politician sex tape

Love yourself: the Russian photo project speaking candidly about queer self-love
Photography

Love yourself: the Russian photo project speaking candidly about queer self-love

Rose-tinted revolution: see everyday Soviet life in full colour
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Rose-tinted revolution: see everyday Soviet life in full colour

Russia Z: celebrating the voice and vision of a new creative generation
Special reports

Russia Z: celebrating the voice and vision of a new creative generation

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?
Special reports

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

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

Tashkent's first documentary photo gallery is striking out into new and untested waters
Photography

Tashkent’s first documentary photo gallery is striking out into new and untested waters

From mountain to metropolis: your guide to driving through Kosovo’s Golden Triangle
Explore

From mountain to metropolis: your guide to driving through Kosovo’s Golden Triangle

Can you ever truly know your mother? In the novel The Doll, Ismail Kadare thinks you can't
Literature

Can you ever truly know your mother? In the novel The Doll, Ismail Kadare thinks you can’t

Arrested but not defeated: Pussy Riot climb jail cell walls after latest arrest
Culture

Arrested but not defeated: Pussy Riot climb jail cell walls after latest arrest

The otherworldly sound of Polish-Chinese musician Ai fen
Music Video

The otherworldly sound of Polish-Chinese musician Ai fen

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