Katie Marie Davies

Katie Marie Davies

Katie Marie Davies was Features Editor at The Calvert Journal between 2019 - 2022, and News Editor between 2017 - 2019. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, BBC Worklife, I-D and The Moscow Times. You can follow her on Twitter here.

Curse like a Russian: the Instagram account providing escapades in profanity

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Curse like a Russian: the Instagram account providing escapades in profanity

Must-read media: 10 of the best English-language magazines from across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Must-read media: 10 of the best English-language magazines from across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Explore Uzbekistan’s greatest landmark — via Minecraft

Explore Uzbekistan’s greatest landmark — via Minecraft

Abandoned Kemerovo: tracing the 20th century in Siberia

Abandoned Kemerovo: tracing the 20th century in Siberia

Creating new cultures in Eastern Europe’s breakaway states

Creating new cultures in Eastern Europe’s breakaway states

Make it rein: The Calvert Journal’s festive 2021 gift guide

Make it rein: The Calvert Journal’s festive 2021 gift guide

Russian perfumiers launch the first cologne to smell like a fighter jet

Russian perfumiers launch the first cologne to smell like a fighter jet

After the fall: 30 years since the end of the Soviet Union

Special reports

After the fall: 30 years since the end of the Soviet Union

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide

How collective Femiskop is using women’s stories to kickstart ecofeminism in Azerbaijan

How collective Femiskop is using women’s stories to kickstart ecofeminism in Azerbaijan

Russian action art is prolific. But is it time to stop treating self-harm as art?

Russian action art is prolific. But is it time to stop treating self-harm as art?

Film festival Kinoteka is streaming Poland’s best cinema across the UK

Film festival Kinoteka is streaming Poland’s best cinema across the UK

Why the Russian government’s TikTok rebrand is doomed to fail

Why the Russian government’s TikTok rebrand is doomed to fail

Australia’s Russian Embassy just dropped their own rock track

Australia’s Russian Embassy just dropped their own rock track

Citizen of nowhere: a story of the battle to belong in post-Brexit Britain

Citizen of nowhere: a story of the battle to belong in post-Brexit Britain

It’s a wrap: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate 2020 gift guide

It’s a wrap: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate 2020 gift guide

As Lukashenko clings to power, a new initiative seeks to retrain Belarus’ riot police as computer programmers

As Lukashenko clings to power, a new initiative seeks to retrain Belarus’ riot police as computer programmers

Kosovo is being shut out from the digital world — and Covid-19 means the stakes have never been higher

Kosovo is being shut out from the digital world — and Covid-19 means the stakes have never been higher

‘Startups are not born in an atmosphere of fear.’ Why Lukashenko’s protest crackdown could end Belarus’ tech dream

‘Startups are not born in an atmosphere of fear.’ Why Lukashenko’s protest crackdown could end Belarus’ tech dream

Belarus protests: can decentralised media like Nexta bring down Europe’s ailing autocrats?

Belarus protests: can decentralised media like Nexta bring down Europe’s ailing autocrats?

Russia’s most esteemed director has escaped jail time. But what comes next for Russian artists?

Russia’s most esteemed director has escaped jail time. But what comes next for Russian artists?

‘They will leave me jobless.’ Why declining press freedom in Bulgaria should worry us all

‘They will leave me jobless.’ Why declining press freedom in Bulgaria should worry us all

What can e-Estonia teach us about surviving digital life under Covid-19?

What can e-Estonia teach us about surviving digital life under Covid-19?

A little relief: soothing sounds for uncertain times

A little relief: soothing sounds for uncertain times

Will Russia’s latest culture minister herald a new era of creative freedom?

Person of interest

Will Russia’s latest culture minister herald a new era of creative freedom?

Remember the Yugo? We took the tiny 80s car on a multi-country odyssey from Serbia to New York and beyond

Remember the Yugo? We took the tiny 80s car on a multi-country odyssey from Serbia to New York and beyond

‘This is not ancient history’: meet the artists bringing the devastating stories of Stalin’s repressions to life

‘This is not ancient history’: meet the artists bringing the devastating stories of Stalin’s repressions to life

The Calvert Journal’s Paula Erizanu shortlisted for culture journalist of the year

The Calvert Journal’s Paula Erizanu shortlisted for culture journalist of the year

Sleighing it: the ultimate Calvert gift guide for a cosy and concrete-inspired Christmas

Sleighing it: the ultimate Calvert gift guide for a cosy and concrete-inspired Christmas

Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Soviet housing is finally getting a smart tech makeover. All hail the ‘Smartovka’

Check out the ‘futuristic’ new Orthodox church being built in Moscow

Check out the ‘futuristic’ new Orthodox church being built in Moscow

Watch as Moscow’s sprawling tramlines are reimagined as abstract art

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Watch as Moscow’s sprawling tramlines are reimagined as abstract art

Could virtual reality hold the key to fighting disinformation in the aftermath of Euromaidan?

Could virtual reality hold the key to fighting disinformation in the aftermath of Euromaidan?