Katie Davies

Katie Davies

Katie Davies is News Editor of The Calvert Journal. She moved to Moscow after graduating from the University of Sheffield in 2014, where she worked as a reporter for The Moscow Times. Her freelance work includes bylines in The Guardian, The Independent and Vice News. You can follow her on Twitter here.

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

Media

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

Culture

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’

Innovation

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

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

Architecture

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

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

Follow of the week

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?

Tech

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

One photographer traces Moscow’s architectural history through its iconic metro stations

Follow of the week

One photographer traces Moscow’s architectural history through its iconic metro stations

33 artists reimagine Moscow’s coat of arms for the 21st century

Culture

33 artists reimagine Moscow’s coat of arms for the 21st century

Rus Khasanov’s mesmerising paint droplets appear effortless — but take months of work

Culture

Rus Khasanov’s mesmerising paint droplets appear effortless — but take months of work

Why one Ukrainian artist is turning the scraps of a Soviet factory into second hand clothes

Culture

Why one Ukrainian artist is turning the scraps of a Soviet factory into second hand clothes

It was called ‘Ark D-0’: take a glimpse into Tito’s secret bunker with the explorer-filmmakers uncovering Yugoslavia’s ruins

Architecture

It was called ‘Ark D-0’: take a glimpse into Tito’s secret bunker with the explorer-filmmakers uncovering Yugoslavia’s ruins

Remember signet rings? Statement jewellery is back with a vengeance in Georgia

Fashion

Remember signet rings? Statement jewellery is back with a vengeance in Georgia

The power of football is helping this flood-hit village find new life

Architecture

The power of football is helping this flood-hit village find new life

This artist reimagined the Teletubbies as Kardashian wannabes, and we just can’t get enough

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This artist reimagined the Teletubbies as Kardashian wannabes, and we just can’t get enough

Meet the artists grappling with the never-ending battle between light and darkness

Culture

Meet the artists grappling with the never-ending battle between light and darkness

Join our discussion on photography, immigration, and the European identity crisis

Photography

Join our discussion on photography, immigration, and the European identity crisis

This translucent tent transforms into a cinema underneath the stars

Architecture

This translucent tent transforms into a cinema underneath the stars

Kyiv Photo Book Fair is back and more international than ever

Photography

Kyiv Photo Book Fair is back and more international than ever

Listen to the ‘ghetto sci-fi’-styled drop from the duo tearing up Tbilisi’s hip-hop scene

Music

Listen to the ‘ghetto sci-fi’-styled drop from the duo tearing up Tbilisi’s hip-hop scene

Opening of Hermitage’s Moscow branch delayed until 2024

Culture

Opening of Hermitage’s Moscow branch delayed until 2024

Get a glimpse of the Kabakovs’ prize-winning Ship of Tolerance as it sets sail for London

Culture

Get a glimpse of the Kabakovs’ prize-winning Ship of Tolerance as it sets sail for London

This sci-fi thriller has just become the first Russian show on Netflix Originals

Culture

This sci-fi thriller has just become the first Russian show on Netflix Originals

Moscow’s summer of protest: this fashion film brings streetwear back to its anti-authoritarian roots

Fashion

Moscow’s summer of protest: this fashion film brings streetwear back to its anti-authoritarian roots

Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale now has a Russian streetwear collab

Fashion

Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale now has a Russian streetwear collab

Take a deep dive into the everyday objects that showcase Yugoslav design at its best

Follow of the week

Take a deep dive into the everyday objects that showcase Yugoslav design at its best

Meet FEDOR, the robot about to fly to the International Space Station

Tech

Meet FEDOR, the robot about to fly to the International Space Station

Russians are using the power of memes to fund independent journalism

Media

Russians are using the power of memes to fund independent journalism

Kazakhstan’s first LGBTQ magazine is committed to creating a community against the odds

Media

Kazakhstan’s first LGBTQ magazine is committed to creating a community against the odds

Total Solidarity: listen to the electronic mixtape supporting LGBTQ rights in Poland

Music

Total Solidarity: listen to the electronic mixtape supporting LGBTQ rights in Poland

Soon you’ll be able to drink radiation-free moonshine from Chernobyl grain

Business

Soon you’ll be able to drink radiation-free moonshine from Chernobyl grain

Take to the skies to experience the New East’s hidden architectural beauty

Follow of the week

Take to the skies to experience the New East’s hidden architectural beauty

Tito’s old yacht is being turned into a floating museum

Culture

Tito’s old yacht is being turned into a floating museum

Stop everything: Moscow’s Garage Museum cat has gone missing

Culture

Stop everything: Moscow’s Garage Museum cat has gone missing