Berlin Portraits Archives – The Needle: Berlin

Berlin Portraits Blog Posts on The Needle

Joseph Pearson 17/10/201917/10/2019

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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Joseph Pearson 11/05/201823/06/2018

Henri Jakobs on Love’s Ghost

An Interview for the Berlin Portrait Series on The Needle. By Joseph Pearson. The Needle speaks this week, for the Portrait Series, with

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Joseph Pearson 27/04/201823/06/2018

Alexander Nicholls on Berlin’s Cellist King

An Interview for the Berlin Portrait Series on The Needle. By Joseph Pearson. A year ago, the baroque cellist Alexander Nicholls had

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Joseph Pearson 13/04/201823/06/2018

La JohnJoseph on Fascist Symbols in Berlin’s Fetish Scene

An Interview for the Berlin Portrait Series on The Needle. By Joseph Pearson. What is your name? La JohnJoseph Where

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Joseph Pearson 30/03/201823/06/2018

Danilo Rosato on Contaminating the Berlin Party Scene

Boccaccio in Berlin. An Interview for the Berlin Portrait Series on The Needle. by Joseph Pearson BERLIN, 30.03.18–– “I thought that Berlin

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