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.

Go rooftop glamping in Moscow and see the city from new heights
Inspiration

Go rooftop glamping in Moscow and see the city from new heights

These mind-bending photos bring Inception to life in Russia
Photography

These mind-bending photos bring Inception to life in Russia

Eastern European design is forward-thinking. What is holding it back?
Design

Eastern European design is forward-thinking. What is holding it back?

Meet the Russian designer wiring garden greenery to generate electricity
Tech

Meet the Russian designer wiring garden greenery to generate electricity

Make an eco-statement with these urban bags inspired by ocean waste
Fashion

Make an eco-statement with these urban bags inspired by ocean waste

Watch as Croatia’s Blue Lake undergoes a stunning transformation
Inspiration

Watch as Croatia’s Blue Lake undergoes a stunning transformation

Super Mamio: this Russian ‘video game’ highlights the struggle of single parents
Media

Super Mamio: this Russian ‘video game’ highlights the struggle of single parents

Khachapuri wars: can everyone stop calling Georgia’s national dish ‘Armenian pizza’
On our radar

Khachapuri wars: can everyone stop calling Georgia’s national dish ‘Armenian pizza’

Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur building the media brand for a new Kazakhstan
Person of interest

Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur building the media brand for a new Kazakhstan

Can a new range of charity shops break Russia’s second-hand stigma?
Fashion

Can a new range of charity shops break Russia’s second-hand stigma?

Watch these musicians transform a Ukrainian river into a water-fuelled symphony
Music

Watch these musicians transform a Ukrainian river into a water-fuelled symphony

Poles launch ‘banana protests’ after feminist artwork removed from museum
Culture

Poles launch ‘banana protests’ after feminist artwork removed from museum

Turkmenistan’s president performs self-penned musical ode to his favourite horse
Music

Turkmenistan’s president performs self-penned musical ode to his favourite horse

Uzbekistan’s first contemporary art centre to open in Tashkent
Culture

Uzbekistan’s first contemporary art centre to open in Tashkent

Ukrainian media hit by national language law
Media

Ukrainian media hit by national language law

Why is this award-winning St Petersburg street art causing a stir in Kazakhstan?
Culture

Why is this award-winning St Petersburg street art causing a stir in Kazakhstan?

Yekaterinburg’s demolished TV tower is being rebuilt by AR
Tech

Yekaterinburg’s demolished TV tower is being rebuilt by AR

Check out the cuddly new mascots from Russia’s Olympic Committee
Design

Check out the cuddly new mascots from Russia’s Olympic Committee

These mesmerising origami patterns will give you goosebumps
Follow of the week

These mesmerising origami patterns will give you goosebumps

Hungary’s legendary auteur Béla Tarr is ditching retirement and heading back to the big screen
Film

Hungary’s legendary auteur Béla Tarr is ditching retirement and heading back to the big screen

Here I Come: watch the queer Russian web show that needs your help to survive
Culture

Here I Come: watch the queer Russian web show that needs your help to survive

#BalkanPride: behind the exhibition dividing Bulgaria’s capital of culture
Photography

#BalkanPride: behind the exhibition dividing Bulgaria’s capital of culture

Get ready Paris: Christo is coming for the Arc de Triomphe
Culture

Get ready Paris: Christo is coming for the Arc de Triomphe

Are your jeans killing the planet? Denim goes eco-friendly with Ukraine’s Ksenia Schnaider
Fashion

Are your jeans killing the planet? Denim goes eco-friendly with Ukraine’s Ksenia Schnaider

This Narkomfin-inspired rug takes 3 months to weave (and it could be yours)
Design

This Narkomfin-inspired rug takes 3 months to weave (and it could be yours)

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov released from house arrest
Theatre

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov released from house arrest

Meet the Russian scientists growing masterpieces from microbes
Innovation

Meet the Russian scientists growing masterpieces from microbes

See Frida Kahlo as never before in these tender photographs taken by her Hungarian lover
Photography

See Frida Kahlo as never before in these tender photographs taken by her Hungarian lover

The world’s deepest swimming pool is opening in Poland
Inspiration

The world’s deepest swimming pool is opening in Poland

Why Slovenia’s eco-friendly Quadrofoil is changing the game for seafaring startups
Startups

Why Slovenia’s eco-friendly Quadrofoil is changing the game for seafaring startups

Streetwear meets Soviet sanatoriums in the latest collection from Kruzhok
Fashion

Streetwear meets Soviet sanatoriums in the latest collection from Kruzhok

Here’s your chance to take part in Riga Photomonth 2019
Photography

Here’s your chance to take part in Riga Photomonth 2019

Hide from the modern world with this futuristic privacy capsule
Design

Hide from the modern world with this futuristic privacy capsule

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