Katie Marie Davies

Katie Marie Davies

Katie Marie Davies is Features Editor at The Calvert Journal. 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.

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide
Art & Culture

Learning Russian: The Calvert Journal’s ultimate cultural guide

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

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?
Art & Culture

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

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

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

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

Australia’s Russian Embassy just dropped their own rock track
Music

Australia’s Russian Embassy just dropped their own rock track

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

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
Art & Culture

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
Tech

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
Tech

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

‘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?
Media

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?
Theatre

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
Media

‘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?
Ideas & People

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

A little relief: soothing sounds for uncertain times
Music

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
Art & Culture

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 
Media

‘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
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
Art & 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
Art & 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
Art & 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
Art & 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
Follow of the week

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

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