Tallinn: Ptarmigan, the art in social
A line of thought recently kicking round my head has been the characterisation of disciplines according to the manner in which they express experience of reality – dance through movement, philosophy rational argument, music sound and so on and such. As a strict categorisation the notion is overtly simple (I would suggest as any...
(Tallinn) Rakvere city blog: Balto-scandalous
Out the city again, accompanied one time with mini-mass exodus of theatre patrons, performers and proles. This, as I’m led to understand, small sampling of the Tallinn cultural glitterati do not as such travel east in my lap – rather it’s an artfully staged movement – more mobility than Moses – towards the Bi-annual theatre...
Not-Tallinn city blog: Into South Estonia
Surprisingly fast the city (to be fair remarkably green in summer) gives way to silver birch and pine forest. Slim trunk dark walls line either side the road, for long periods the world beyond the northern country’s forests just disappears. We could easily be in Finland, Canada or probably Siberia – until the trees part...
Tallinn, Estonia – a swift 100 years by way of introduction
Tallinn, capital city, population 392,331. Language, Estonian and Russian. Independence stated 24th February, 1918. Handed back, by pseudo-authoritarian Konstantin Päts in a shady May protection pact, 1940. The red bear swallowed the country whole by June. For 50 years, Tallinn was the evil empire’s frontier (communist or capitalist depending on your perspective). Under Soviet yolk, but...
