Joseph Pearson, New Writing
My dear readers, The Needle will continue but with a small change of format––as a place to get updates about my
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Weekend Trip to Südtirol: Going to the Sun, by Train
It’s midwinter in Berlin and a pretty mild one. But a grey sheet is still suspended between us and the
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Learning German Because of Brexit
British playwright Tim Luscombe lived all over the world––Sweden, Italy, Thailand––before settling on the German capital. A passionate European, Tim’s relationship
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What’s Changed in Berlin in a Decade? Ten Years of ‘Moving to Berlin’
Ten years ago The Needle published its first ‘Moving to Berlin’ guide, and it’s been updated every year since then.
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Bellini or Mantegna?: A Personality Test
“Are you more Bellini or Mantegna?” an Italian friends asks me. Belliniano o Mantegnano? Not every art exhibit is also
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Why Does Kreuzberg Want to Save an ALDI?
The Kreuzberg gentrification battle continues to rage around the Markthalle 9. Residents of the traditionally left-wing neighbourhood, paradoxically, are protesting
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A Secret Plan in Rix Café
What secret plan is being hatched in Rix Café? In Rick’s Café, in the film Casablanca, they sing La Marseillaise
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Prepped for PrEP in Berlin?
It’s not hard to convince people that PrEP works. “We have great data from studies that show its effectiveness. It’s
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Headquarters of the Turkish ‘New Wave’: Hallo Machen
When walking around Kreuzberg some months ago, I stumbled across a new gastropub in Spreewaldplatz with a strange name, that
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The Monkey Enclosure at the Bikini Mall
I’m not ashamed to say that one of my favourite places in Berlin is in a shopping mall, the renovated
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Swimming in Public, Reflecting on Summer
It feels like the last day of summer because the Kreuzberg Prinzenbad summer pool––one of the many Sommerbäder around the
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