March 2011 – The Needle: Berlin

Berlin History

Joseph Pearson 17/03/201123/06/2018

A Sigh of Relief on the Death Strip

I walk through the former death strip of the Berlin Wall and relief floods through me. I don’t miss the

Places in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 04/03/201123/06/2018

A Trip Home from the Club

Get up! Aufstehen! The sun’s up already and somehow Noah’s woken this crazy old man with his cane and his

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