December 2012 – The Needle: Berlin

Living in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 22/12/201223/06/2018

You Ain’t No Berliner

Another nasty sticker pasted around Berlin telling you to go home. Of so you think. Is it meant––yet again, in

Places in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 16/12/201223/06/2018

No Winter Badeschiff

Every winter something remarkable has happened in Berlin. The Badeschiff (or “swimming boat”) is an innovative pool that floats in

Living in Berlin

Joseph Pearson 02/12/201223/06/2018

Blaming Hipsters for Gentrification in Neukölln?

Imagine you are in a Berlin bar, at your most vulnerable at the urinal or bathroom stall, and you read

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