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Literary Round-Up: Untold Stories and Metro Rides

Published on May 30, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

Peggy Hughes: Listening to Books that Talk

Published on February 8, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

Afterbabbel: All Ears

Published on January 14, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford, Jessica Johannesson Gaitán

The Poetry Round Culture cafebabel Scotland

An interview with Scottish author Ali Smith

Published on January 1, 2014 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 24: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 24, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 23: Christmas presents for poets

Published on December 23, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 22: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 22, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 21: Reverse Book Club

Published on December 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 19: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 18: Good Gifts

Published on December 18, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 17: A Book For Xmas

Published on December 17, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 16: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 16, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 15: Emergency Poet

Published on December 15, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 14: Mrs Scrooge

Published on December 14, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 13: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 13, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 11: The Novel Cure

Published on December 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 10: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 10, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford, Ceris Aston

Poetry Advent Calendar 9: Camel Library Service

Published on December 9, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 8: Post-it Poets

Published on December 8, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 7: Talking Turkeys

Published on December 7, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 6: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 6, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 5: Pocket Poetry

Published on December 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 4: Poetry Jigsaw

Published on December 4, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 3: A Bedtime Story from Dylan Thomas

Published on December 3, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar 2: Blackwell's Wishing Trees

Published on December 2, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetry Advent Calendar: The First Door

Published on December 1, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: jessica Johannesson Gaitán

Published on November 16, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Lennie Goodings: Virago ain't changed the world yet

Published on October 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Political poetry: They spoke to change this place

Published on October 3, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Edinburgh book sculptures, part 2: I know why the uncaged bird sings

Published on September 14, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Edinburgh book sculptures, part 1: free to fly

Published on September 7, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Seamus Heaney: a soul ramifying and forever

Published on August 30, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

The Poetry Round Culture cafebabel Scotland

Edina, Scotia's darling seat: Edinburgh international book festival

Published on August 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Salman Rushdie at Edinburgh Book Festival: 'We define ourselves by hate'

Published on August 12, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Culture cafebabel Scotland

Kate Atkinson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival: bearing witness

Published on August 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Culture cafebabel Scotland

Edinburgh festival fringe 2013: The joyful absurdity of Titus Andronicus

Published on August 6, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Continuum: pushing the boundaries at Edinburgh art festival

Published on August 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Poetic graffiti and words on the way

Published on July 24, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Ludwig Steinherr: 'a functioning society always needs poets'

Published on July 17, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Playing a nocturne on a waterspout

Published on July 10, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

101 Arabian Nights: Erotic and existential

Published on July 2, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Snowden: Fight espionage the Christa Wolf way

Published on June 30, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Nico Bleutge: 'Why I don't like nature poetry'

Published on June 28, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Why I love poetry / Why I hate poetry

Published on May 26, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Sartorial poetry: fusing the lyrical with the political

Published on May 19, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Digital birdsong and messaging Mars

Published on May 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Armand Gatti: Révolte, arbres et poésie

Published on May 3, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Un ballon de poésie

Wrapping up poetry to delight

Published on April 23, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Impressions d’un Infra-réaliste : l’hommage de Barcelone à l’écrivain chilien Roberto Bolano

Published on April 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Un ballon de poésie

‘Now.Here’: Hobby horse journey from mid-Wales to London

Published on April 12, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Thorben Schulte

Published on March 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

La Bibliothèque de Poésie Itinérante : la bibliothèque par la ruse

Published on March 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Un ballon de poésie

The Itinerant Poetry Librarian: ‘Library by stealth’

Published on March 11, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Guest blog post: the poetry doctor

Published on February 28, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Pauline Füg

Published on February 21, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

My dressed-down valentine: to those I do not love

Published on February 13, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Herman Koch: ‘I overcame shyness of writing my first book through alcohol’

Published on February 8, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Brunch Culture Politics

Secrets on silver trays from Lia Sanders

Published on February 7, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Spectacles and stanzas: looking ahead to Scotland's poetry festival

Published on February 5, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Singing school: why to study creative writing

Published on January 29, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

John Burnside: ‘All poetry is political’

Published on January 17, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Anne Makes

Published on January 8, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Happy new year!

Published on January 2, 2013 — by Annie Rutherford

Images: European poems for Christmas (5 images)

Published on December 19, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Plätzchen: decoding German Christmas biscuits

Published on December 14, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

'All sang alleluia': Christmas poems from round Europe

Published on December 12, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Collaborative poetry with JL Williams

Published on December 3, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Letters to a young writer

Published on November 27, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

European men of 2012: German film ‘Oh Boy’ protagonist no James Bond

Published on November 20, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Miriam Gamble: ‘Poets have to be bloody-minded’

Published on November 8, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

A US immigration fairytale: happy ever after?

Published on November 2, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Guising: European poems for halloween

Published on October 30, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Matt MacDonald

Published on October 28, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Guising: European poems for Halloween (5 images)

Published on October 28, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Bread and butter poetry with Ceris Aston

Published on October 18, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Black and blue writing: ‘You can feel fascism re-chrystalising in the world’

Published on October 3, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: J A Sutherland

Published on September 28, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Tessa Ransford: linking poetry to life

Published on September 19, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Exhibition: visual poetry in former Yugoslavia

Published on September 12, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

London university: license to sponsor non-EU students killed

Published on August 31, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Sophia Walker

Published on August 30, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Jeanette Winterson at Edinburgh book festival: rehearsing the apocalypse

Published on August 23, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Dutch play ‘Bye bye world’: 'We all crave to start all over again'

Published on August 22, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Culture Lifestyle

Jackie Kay: telling the difference between heart attacks and orgasms

Published on August 22, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Shane Koyczan: from garbage man to performance poet

Published on August 19, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Post-it poets: Catherine Brogan

Published on August 17, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Packing a punch with poetry: Impro slam

Published on August 16, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

A L Kennedy at Edinburgh book festival: ‘Please don’t self-harm during this reading’

Published on August 13, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Edinburgh festival fringe: reviewing pop culture and pillow fights

Published on August 5, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Scottish poetry library: hitting the slow motion button

Published on August 5, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Christiane Rösinger: 'Young people have become more conservative'

Published on May 25, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Brunch Society

Personal helicon: in praise of muses

Published on May 17, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

To create a Dadaist poem

Published on April 15, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Olympic peace camp: making new meanings flare on British beaches

Published on April 3, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Rise of Greenlandic cinema in Denmark

Published on March 19, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Russian film 'Generation P' does McDonalds and Coca Cola in nineties Moscow

Published on March 2, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Image for Top five Russian political music videos

Birthday gifts for the Maastricht Treaty

Published on February 7, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford, Jacopo Franchi, Agata Jaskot, Cristina Cartes, Katha Kloss, Alexandra Rojkov

Fictional Russian hopefuls in 2012 elections

Published on January 31, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

Politics cafebabel Scotland

Scottish independence: Haud yer weesht, Cameron

Published on January 11, 2012 — by Annie Rutherford

What’s your favourite children’s book? (10 images)

Published on December 21, 2011 — by Nabeelah Shabbir, Annie Rutherford

'What if?': students re-imagine 2011's big events

Published on December 20, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

European words of 2011

Published on December 20, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Tower of Babel Society

Brooklyn-based pop band Chairlift: once 'music for haunted houses'

Published on December 12, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Brunch Culture

Voina: 'As a Russian activist, I'm not sure that I will live long'

Published on December 12, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Russian art collective Voina: 'Zhlobs are in power in today's Russia'

Published on December 5, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Culture Society Politics

Russia’s women: activists, students and journalists who dominate (8 images)

Published on December 2, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Four young Europeans react to Berlusconi's resignation: 'There will be civil war'

Published on November 10, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

How to carve a pumpkin for Halloween

Published on October 31, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

‘Nos plusieurs’: autistic theatre stars meet Indian epic in French documentary

Published on October 28, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Trio Joubran: ‘It’s hard to be Palestinian musicians in the world’

Published on October 21, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Russian art group Voina boycotts Moscow contemporary art biennale

Published on October 14, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Culture Politics

Question of the week: getting through the euro-crisis - united or apart?

Published on October 10, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Nobel prize for literature 2011: Europe’s top five

Published on October 5, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Question of the week: if the euro dies, will Europe go with it?

Published on September 27, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Readers' emails: hanging out at Cafe Babel in Cihangir, Istanbul

Published on September 27, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

inside cafébabel

Cafebabel.com teams up with German TV channel ZDF on ‘Europa plus’

Published on September 13, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

inside cafébabel

German tourists in Scotland: Scotch malt at airport and haggis for breakfast

Published on August 26, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Germans ban ‘I Like’ facebook button, Spanish want to ‘Dislike’

Published on August 25, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Tower of Babel Politics

London and Berlin reviews of Mark Ravenhill's 'Over There' play

Published on May 19, 2009 — by Sandra Wickert, Annie Rutherford, sara mojtehedzadeh

Translations

Poverty: searching for the state of emergency in Athens

Published on October 14, 2013 — by Katha Kloss

EU-TOPIA ON THE GROUND

National anthems Euro 2012: you don't sing, you don't win

Published on July 21, 2012 — by Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere

Russian film ‘Generation P’: pepsi with director Victor Ginzburg

Published on April 19, 2012 — by Veronica Devià

Kirtimai: Lithuania's Roma on education and 'missing England'

Published on March 31, 2012 — by Emmanuel Haddad

Vilnius Society

Hungary: Klubradio’s silence

Published on February 17, 2012 — by Valeria Nicoletti

Corruption in Europe: German president becomes a lone Wulff

Published on February 17, 2012 — by Alexandra Rojkov

Megaupload, FBI, anonymous: internet battle over copyright

Published on February 2, 2012 — by Simon Benichou

Salami strategy: the art of ‘wullfing’

Published on January 24, 2012 — by Katha Kloss

Tower of Babel Culture

Arturo Ripstein: ‘Making films is like waking from a nightmare’

Published on January 16, 2012 — by Laurène Daycard

The ladies who oppose Belarus in Vilnius

Published on January 6, 2012 — by Christina Felschen

Vilnius

Kühn and the chocolate factory

Published on December 22, 2011 — by Vivian Chocoholic

Stresstest für das euopäische Wort des Jahres 2011

Published on December 21, 2011 — by Annie Rutherford

Turm zu Babel Politik

Obituary: Vaclav Havel, master of peace

Published on December 21, 2011 — by marzia modesto

Peace in 2011: 'solutions to conflicts do exist’

Published on December 21, 2011 — by Nicola Accardo

Politics Lifestyle

Hope in 2011: Tahrir and Puerta del Sol utopias

Published on December 20, 2011 — by Matthieu Amaré

Hipster director, Quebecer, who cares? Welcome to Xavier Dolan's world

Published on December 9, 2011 — by Matthieu Amaré, Laure Magnier

Perestroïka: pictures in Paris (15 images)

Published on December 8, 2011 — by Matthieu Amaré

Cyril Tuschi’s ‘Khodorkovsky’: 'I’m not so frightened - I’ll be flying to Moscow premiere'

Published on November 30, 2011 — by n- ost

Culture Politics

Contentious Guéant circular rejects work visas in France

Published on November 30, 2011 — by Katha Kloss

Big city life: Europe’s pigeons

Published on November 25, 2011 — by Christina Heuschen

Tower of Babel Culture

GPS: taking directions from a woman

Published on November 23, 2011 — by Julia Korbik

Susanne Graf: 'Those who remember the GDR know what it means to be observed constantly'

Published on November 18, 2011 — by Tobias Sauer

Brunch Culture Politics

Searching for my German great-grandfather in Siberia

Published on November 9, 2011 — by C B

Barcelona extends football school to Warsaw

Published on November 7, 2011 — by n- ost

Spanish actor Santi Senso, creator of 'house theatre'

Published on October 28, 2011 — by Concha Hierro

Brunch Culture Lifestyle

Asexual awareness week: what’s wrong with preferring cake?

Published on October 25, 2011 — by Irina Brüning

Ascanio Celestini: 'I denounce verbal violence of our time’

Published on October 24, 2011 — by Nicola Accardo

Brunch Culture Lifestyle

UNPOLISHED: understanding Poland through interior design

Published on October 13, 2011 — by Aleksandra Sygiel

Culture Lifestyle

Feminist France: ‘mademoiselle’ vs 'madame'

Published on October 7, 2011 — by Julia Korbik

Poland-Germany exhibition in Berlin: let the neighbours talk

Published on October 6, 2011 — by Johanna Meyer-Gohde

Odessa to Vilkova: Ukraine's Venice

Published on October 5, 2011 — by Johanna Meyer-Gohde

Poland October election campaign: vote for Kaczynski’s ‘Angelina Jolie’

Published on October 4, 2011 — by n- ost

Depression: ‘alcohol abuse is far more common in eastern and northern Europe’

Published on September 30, 2011 — by Katha Kloss

Belarus schools: language of peasants or programmers?

Published on September 29, 2011 — by Mark Brüggemann

Roma and Hungary’s extreme right: the hunt in Gyöngyöspata

Published on September 22, 2011 — by Laurène Daycard

Yulia Tymoshenko: Ukraine’s absurd two-month old trial

Published on September 21, 2011 — by Tetyana Kostyuk

Why the English love a bit of German ‘angst’ or Spanish ‘macho’

Published on September 21, 2011 — by Birke Gerold

Tower of Babel Lifestyle

The hills are alive with the sound of Viviane Reding

Published on September 20, 2011 — by Giacomo Rosso

Catherine Hakim: women, use your erotic capital

Published on September 19, 2011 — by Julia Korbik

Paris biodiversity: the fertile city

Published on September 14, 2011 — by Greta Gandini

Hungary introduces tax on crisps

Published on September 13, 2011 — by n- ost

Malmo, London, Berlin, Glasgow: roller girls derby in Europe

Published on September 12, 2011 — by Sandra Wickert

German writer Hatto Fischer on Greece 'madness' and 'European debts’

Published on September 9, 2011 — by Lilian Pithan

Brunch Society Politics

Parisian 'eco-geeks': the youngest players in the French presidential elections

Published on September 6, 2011 — by Nicola Accardo

Politics Lifestyle

Transition towns: in the gardens of Paris

Published on September 6, 2011 — by Giacomo Rosso

The attican landfill war: a load of trash?

Published on September 5, 2011 — by Nicola Accardo

Greek tragedy of a Macedonian tragedy: the story of #Martin in five acts

Published on August 31, 2011 — by Aleksandra Sygiel

Yes we camp guide: summer of revolutions 2011 (10 images)

Published on August 30, 2011 — by Annika Schlüter

Digging out Macedonian documentary film and its female directors

Published on August 29, 2011 — by Christiane Lötsch

Society Politics Lifestyle

AKW Lobau: Vienna caravan communities away from it all

Published on August 23, 2011 — by Katha Kloss

Sex, Sartre & rock n’roll in Paris theatre

Published on August 19, 2011 — by Annika Schlüter

Small green wonders in Athens, the ‘white city' (16 images)

Published on August 15, 2011 — by benedictesalzes

Student duelling clubs in Europe: no Harry Potter magic in Germany

Published on July 18, 2011 — by Birke Gerold

'Green' weddings – a Strasbourg myth?

Published on July 8, 2011 — by Birke Gerold

Easter Monday tradition in Czech Republic: beat women with twigs

Published on April 20, 2011 — by n- ost

Plagiarists: Guttenberg resigns, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Swiss peace

Published on March 1, 2011 — by Karsten Marhold

'Give food a chance': culinary cinema in Berlin

Published on February 24, 2011 — by Christiane Lötsch

Culture Lifestyle

Ludicrousness from Lukaschenko Land: 1994, 2001, 2006, 2010

Published on December 16, 2010 — by Claudine Delacroix

December Belarus elections: protests as absurd as the president

Published on November 23, 2010 — by Claudine Delacroix

Press review pope Benedict XVI: condom statements

Published on November 23, 2010 — by euro topics

Bosnia-Herzegovina cinema: Jasmila Zbanic's 'On the Path'

Published on September 7, 2010 — by n- ost

Brunch Culture Society Politics

Natalie Weiss: German fashion blogger 'Schnati in Paris'

Published on September 1, 2010 — by Julia Korbik

Brunch Society

Esma Redzepova: 'Roma are cosmopolitan'

Published on August 13, 2010 — by Julia Korbik

Highest European HIV rate Ukraine: threat of Lavra clinic closure

Published on July 29, 2010 — by n- ost

Europe’s graduates: lecture halls to poverty lines

Published on April 26, 2010 — by Tanja Toplak

Anything but lethargic: multi-faceted life of a German in Lisbon

Published on April 21, 2010 — by Sascha Lübbe

Europe's 'beautiful laundrette' culture: socialising chores

Published on March 30, 2010 — by anna schwarz

Tips for a trip to Oslo: surviving on a handful of kroner

Published on March 23, 2010 — by Inga Godhusen

Kinshasa Symphony: why is Mozart in Africa an alien concept?

Published on March 2, 2010 — by Christiane Lötsch

Ties and tees: three innovative fashion initiatives from Ljubljana, Lille and Berlin

Published on February 9, 2010 — by Sascha Lübbe

Mulled wine across Europe

Published on December 22, 2009 — by Katha Kloss

Rings a bell

Published on December 16, 2009 — by Textwolff

Tower of Babel Lifestyle

Europe is more like a granddad than mother courage

Published on November 27, 2009 — by Jean-Dominique GIULIANI

Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

Published on November 25, 2009 — by Jens Wiesner

Mandatory chemical castration for paedophiles in Poland

Published on October 26, 2009 — by n- ost

Berlin craze: tourists shun sights for ‘Kiez’ experience

Published on October 19, 2009 — by Helen Z.

Berlin to Champagne: anecdote of harvesting wine

Published on October 5, 2009 — by Lukas Ley

A cultural cacophony; international festival in Germany

Published on August 24, 2009 — by Lilian Pithan

An Erasmus student's guide to Turkish universities - Part 2

Published on July 29, 2009 — by Harika Dauth

An Erasmus student's guide to Turkish universities - Part 1

Published on July 15, 2009 — by Harika Dauth

A traveller reads up on the history of nationalism

Published on July 7, 2009 — by youthreporter.eu

Music: South London's Speech Debelle and Revolver

Published on June 19, 2009 — by Sandra Wickert

Tongue twisters

Published on May 20, 2009 — by Textwolff

Tower of Babel Culture

Luiza Sosna, the Polish woman who will integrate you in Luxembourg

Published on May 5, 2009 — by Sarah

CAP? The queen farms on EU money

Published on May 5, 2009 — by Ole Skambraks

Israeli-German theatre: the Holocaust, Nazi and Palestinian 'Third Generation'

Published on April 30, 2009 — by Christiane Lötsch

Describing a graduate all-rounder in Europe

Published on April 22, 2009 — by Katha Kloss

Tower of Babel Society

HandiCAP: freedom-hunting French farmers, as European as Parisians

Published on February 17, 2009 — by Katha Kloss

Tower of Babel Politics Lifestyle

Talk of the city

Published on February 4, 2009 — by Textwolff

In Buzescu, Roma architecture is surreal real estate

Published on January 30, 2009 — by natalie lazar, anik lazar

Do you know when the EU elections are? Nor do 75% of Europeans

Published on December 11, 2008 — by Fernando Navarro Sordo