November 2010 – The Needle: Berlin

Joseph Pearson 16/11/201023/06/2018

Ex-Pat Disorientation: Kawaguchi’s Andropolaroid at Dock 11

Being an expat can be profoundly frustrating and disorienting. It is like having no points of reference, it’s the struggle

Berlin Arts

Joseph Pearson 07/11/201023/06/2018

The Berggruen Museum

On the top floor there is a flat where the old man himself lived. Not a bad solution for old

Living in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 04/11/201023/06/2018

Charlottengrad

It’s not just the rumble of S-Bahn Charlottenburg’s train tracks above that makes you feel in-transit. In the Rossia supermarket,

Joseph Pearson is a writer and historian based in Berlin. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He published a second book, My Grandfather’s Knife, about how everyday objects tell World War Two stories, in 2022. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. He works at New York University, Berlin, and at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. For professional inquiries please contact his agency, Peters Fraser Dunlop, email him directly joseph [AT] cantab.net, or visit his professional website: josephpearson.ca