Estonia hits the big time! A New Yorker Cover

Estonia has hit the big time. When readers of The New Yorker magazine get their Thanksgiving issue this week, they’ll see the cover image of an illustrated turkey carved into sections representing all of the strange people one might find at a Thanksgiving dinner. Tucked just under the neck (for some, the most coveted dark [...]

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Britain’s daring designer

British Council Estonia has built a wonderful partnership with and organization called LoovEesti (Creative Estonia) to promote innovative business and governance solutions across the country. Recently we invited Rawstudio founder Nick Rawcliffe to tell us a bit about how he is changing the way we think about creative design. This is his story… A coffee table [...]

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British films at PÖFF

127 Hours, 2010 127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the [...]

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Michael Pyner of Shoreditch Trust

British Council Estonia has built a wonderful partnership with and organization called LoovEesti (Creative Estonia) to promote innovative business and governance solutions across the country. Recently we invited Shoreditch Trust CEO (and absolutely brilliant storyteller) Michael Pyner to outline the meaningful, but challenging, work he is doing to facilitate social entrepreneurship in one of England’s most economically polarized [...]

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Who shot Communism in Estonia?

I am at a bit of a loss as to what I should write today so I’ll offer this… The recent Estonia-related buzz on the Internet is the proliferation of the Estonian documentary, “Disco and Atomic War.” I haven’t seen it, but it has been out for close to a year and all the folks [...]

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Robots to rule the world of fashion!

Heikki Haldre is the an Estonian entrepreneur and mastermind behind Fits.me, a virtual shopping tool featuring a customizable robotic mannequin that lets you see how clothing will fit your body type, before you buy online. With the help of British Council Estonia Haldre recently travelled to London to share his ideas. In his own words, this is what [...]

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Mis asi on Battle of Ideas?

Viimased 6 aastat on Londonis toimunud üritus Battle of ideas, mille peamiseks eesmärgiks on avalik arutelu erinevatel teemadel. Kuigi ürituse nimi võib viidata kergele agressiivsusele, siis nii see tegelikult ei ole. Tegemist on üritusega kuhu on kutsutud osalema kõik inimesed kellel on vähegi intellektuaalset uudishimu ning kel on julgust kriitiliselt mõelda. Selles ürituses on mitmeid paralleele [...]

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Why does Estonia even exist?

With a mere 900,000 people living in 45,000 km2 and pressed up against some of history’s most notoriously beligerent countries it’s hard to believe Estonia actually exists. How, over centuries, did this tiny country not get tramppled on, snuffed out or swallowed up by any of the bigger fish in Europe’s ever-choppy pond? Conversely, why [...]

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