February 2012 – The Needle: Berlin

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London in Exile: Literati, Scones and Hudson’s Cakes

Walk through this door and into the story of many English speakers in Berlin. Jim Hudson worked for an architecture practice.

Berlin Arts

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How to Survive the Berlinale (the Berlin Film Festival)

Potsdamer Platz is suddenly teeming with people. There isn’t the density of midtown Manhattan but, restrict your peripheral vision, you

Berlin History

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Hidden Mid-Century Modernism at the Haus der Kulturen

I am about to visit one of Berlin’s most beautiful, undiscovered and under-appreciated interiors. Take the 100 bus through the

Places in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 02/02/201223/06/2018

Literaturhaus Café

It’s winter and there is finally snow on the ground. I go to the Literature House on Fasanenstr. 23 in

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