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.

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

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

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

This Hungarian smart bracelet uses the same tech as your Kindle to keep changing its look
Startups

This Hungarian smart bracelet uses the same tech as your Kindle to keep changing its look

Kazakhstan scraps its first ever Venice Biennale entry weeks before opening
Culture

Kazakhstan scraps its first ever Venice Biennale entry weeks before opening

Get cosy with perestroika-inspired agender outerwear from Moscow
Fashion

Get cosy with perestroika-inspired agender outerwear from Moscow

Russian perfume brand pulls fragrance named Sexual Harassment
Fashion

Russian perfume brand pulls fragrance named Sexual Harassment

Our computing power lies in the hands of a few elite companies. One Polish startup is trying to change this
Startups

Our computing power lies in the hands of a few elite companies. One Polish startup is trying to change this

Believe photography can change the world? Apply to ISSP’s 2019 open call
Photography

Believe photography can change the world? Apply to ISSP’s 2019 open call

These delicate 3D-printed casts from Latvia could be the future of personalised healthcare
Startups

These delicate 3D-printed casts from Latvia could be the future of personalised healthcare

The Hermitage will curate Russia’s Venice Biennale pavilion in art world first
Culture

The Hermitage will curate Russia’s Venice Biennale pavilion in art world first

What’s a sweet-toothed Serbian art installation doing in a skip in Selfridges?
Culture

What’s a sweet-toothed Serbian art installation doing in a skip in Selfridges?

Poland’s 90s rave culture comes to London with Kinoteka 2019

Poland’s 90s rave culture comes to London with Kinoteka 2019

The latest collection from Outlaw Creative is tagged with hidden microchips
Fashion

The latest collection from Outlaw Creative is tagged with hidden microchips

This Romanian travel app lets you explore cities as history’s greatest heroes
Startups

This Romanian travel app lets you explore cities as history’s greatest heroes

A day in the life of Alla Klimenko, the woman leading Kyrgyzstan’s booming IT economy
Person of interest

A day in the life of Alla Klimenko, the woman leading Kyrgyzstan’s booming IT economy

Can a building capture the spirit of Estonia’s greatest composer?
Architecture

Can a building capture the spirit of Estonia’s greatest composer?

Russian Museum launches new souvenir range dedicated to stolen painting
Culture

Russian Museum launches new souvenir range dedicated to stolen painting

Brother, the film that defined 90s Russia, could be getting a second sequel

Brother, the film that defined 90s Russia, could be getting a second sequel

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