New East Digital Archive

Calvert travels

Embracing slow time in Tajikistan

Embracing slow time in Tajikistan

How a hike ruled by socialist-era bureaucracy became a Hungarian rite of a passage

How a hike ruled by socialist-era bureaucracy became a Hungarian rite of a passage

The Instagram that lets you time-travel through Transylvania’s culture, craft and cooking

The Instagram that lets you time-travel through Transylvania’s culture, craft and cooking

How the joy of Tatar cuisine reunited me with my family roots

How the joy of Tatar cuisine reunited me with my family roots

9 Moscow restaurants awarded Michelin stars in a first for Russia

9 Moscow restaurants awarded Michelin stars in a first for Russia

Surmounting the politics of the Transcaucasian Trail

Surmounting the politics of the Transcaucasian Trail

Letter from Bukhara: finding the last vestiges of community in Central Asia’s Jewish heartland

Letter from Bukhara: finding the last vestiges of community in Central Asia’s Jewish heartland

Latvian airline airBaltic now takes payments in Dogecoin

Latvian airline airBaltic now takes payments in Dogecoin

Letter from Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje: the Bosnian former frontline town blighted by lingering ethnic divides

Letter from Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje: the Bosnian former frontline town blighted by lingering ethnic divides

How I paddled down the Volga from source to sea

How I paddled down the Volga from source to sea

72 hours in Kyiv with Brave! Factory Festival

72 hours in Kyiv with Brave! Factory Festival

Uzbekistan, 50 years ago: unearthing an East German family’s travel photos

Uzbekistan, 50 years ago: unearthing an East German family’s travel photos

I spent 600 days walking the Silk Road, seeing the Caucasus and Central Asia by foot

I spent 600 days walking the Silk Road, seeing the Caucasus and Central Asia by foot

Stranded in Kamchatka during lockdown: follow one photographer’s adventures with her dog

Stranded in Kamchatka during lockdown: follow one photographer’s adventures with her dog

3 mountain retreats to stay at to escape the crowds

3 mountain retreats to stay at to escape the crowds

Letter from Beirut: a year after devastation, Lebanon’s Armenian neighbourhood rises from the rubble

Letter from Beirut: a year after devastation, Lebanon’s Armenian neighbourhood rises from the rubble

Letter from Yerevan: as the clouds of conflict fade, creativity offers new hope

Letter from Yerevan: as the clouds of conflict fade, creativity offers new hope

The untold story of Yugoslavia's naturist paradise

The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

All aboard: 5 picturesque train journeys across Eastern Europe

All aboard: 5 picturesque train journeys across Eastern Europe

Dark spirits: your guide to Georgia’s chacha revival

Dark spirits: your guide to Georgia’s chacha revival