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South by South-BEST!

Every year for South by Southwest, thousands of creative visionaries descend upon Austin, Texas. And TODD LEVIN could have met some of them, too—if only he weren’t at the Interactive portion of the festival. (Letters From Austin | March 14, 2007)

Disturbance at Ungdomshuset

Scandinavians are not known for reaching an impasse, much less for rioting over squatters’ rights. Last week TMN Assistant Editor BETH MILTON woke up in an urban war zone. (Letters From Copenhagen | March 6, 2007)

Live at the Isle of Wight

Home to past rock festivals, model villages, and other dinosaurs, this wedge in the English Channel makes for an inviting family vacation. JONATHAN BELL takes his brood island hopping. (Letters From London | November 8, 2006)

London Underground

Terror strikes twice in as many weeks. A major city is disrupted, and discomfort is widespread. Our London correspondent sends us three days’ dispatches about life on the tube. (Letters From London | July 28, 2005)

Roman Palimpsest

Italy is a giant archaeological dig, endlessly plundered, built upon, defiled and revered. It’s also covered with grafitti, with lots of misspellings. A report from our correspondent in Rome. (Letters From Rome | June 27, 2005)

Letters from Rome: Sardegna

The first month of living abroad in one of the world’s great historical cities is full of sights and wonders. The eighth month is full of grocery shopping and car alarms. Author Anthony Doerr reports on a trip out of town to Sardinia. (Personalities | May 18, 2005)

Letters from Egypt: Tourist Travails

Living abroad means you’re not quite a tourist—you have an address, after all—but you’re certainly not a local. What are you? Amira Pierce reports from several recent trips around Egypt, trailed by scantily clad visitors. (Personalities | April 7, 2005)

Letters from Rome: Mourning

Thousands have traveled to Rome to observe the passing of the pope, and the streets are clogged with nuns and reporters. Meanwhile, the weather is beautiful and the persimmons are just starting. Author Anthony Doerr files a wonderful report about a sad weekend in Rome. (Personalities | April 4, 2005)

Letters from Rome: Fighting Smog

These are tough days for Rome, with many worried for the Pope’s health. Feeling equally worried for his own and his family’s, newcomer and author Anthony Doerr reports on days of tiny miracles, crossbow makers, and a lack of Ziploc bags. (Personalities | February 22, 2005)

Letters from Egypt: Short, Cautionary Tales

Hotel bombings and terrorism aside, it’s the daily alien frustrations and local rituals that put the grit into living abroad. Amira Pierce reports from Cairo on the small infuriations that make her city unique. (Personalities | January 6, 2005)

Letters from Egypt: Ramadan and Firecrackers

What happens when a normally mad city decides to stop eating during daylight hours, stop smoking and drinking and sexing while it’s light out? Amira Pierce reports from Cairo, describing her vibrant city alternately united and crazed by hunger. (Opinions | November 4, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: Return to Sender

In the final installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who lived in Edinburgh for a year, returns home with a heart full of remembrance for the experiences she’s had, as well as for friends she’s made in her time abroad. (Personalities | June 24, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: A Day at the Races

In the eighth installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, blissfully listens to a talking head, then turns around and runs for her life. (Personalities | May 28, 2004)

Letters from Russia: Ordeals in Vyborg

A town boasting roots in the middle ages, basements drowning in feces, and enough crime to scare away Finns who refuse to travel with guards—what more could a tourist want? Veronica Khokhlova leaves her home in St. Petersburg for the enticing Vyborg. (Personalities | May 26, 2004)

Letters from Russia: Remembering Chernobyl

Eighteen years ago today, disaster struck Chernobyl and the world turned to the news—similarly as it has for North Korea’s recent train crash, with just as much misinformation. Kiev native Veronica Khokhlova recalls the days of secrecy and fear. (Opinions | April 26, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: Bulgarian Rhapsody

In the seventh installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, jets to Sofia to meet a friend, explores the city in all its relative weirdness, and learns to speak, or at least gesture, a new language. (Personalities | April 22, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: Term Break Fashion

In the sixth installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, considers the weather on her term break, then jaunts down to London and attends an alternative fashion show. (Personalities | March 31, 2004)

New Fidelities

Our perceptions age with the cities around us—old thoughts are razed, new theories go up, the subway seems less confusing. But what about that band we loved as teenagers? What happened to them? Jonathan Bell revisits Whitehouse 13 years later, now wearing earplugs. (Letters From London | March 11, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: Lazy Sunday Afternoon

In the fifth installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, settles into a routine abroad, learns from a friend how she needs to break away from the everyday, then does her Sunday shopping. (Personalities | March 9, 2004)

Letters from Russia: The Housewife’s Hay Market

Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment is still so modern we can relate to its passions and fits, and, if we know where to look, even its landmarks. Veronica Khokhlova takes us through 11 stops of modern St. Petersburg. (Personalities | March 8, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: A Calm Uncharacteristic

In the fourth installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, visits Italy, where she marvels at people and architecture, and can never seem to elude those church bells. (Personalities | January 28, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: London Calling

In the third installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, visits London, where she fights crowds and considers looting the British Museum. (Personalities | January 6, 2004)

Letters from Edinburgh: Quick Change Terrain

In the second installment of her letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, watches Neighbors, hits the Highlands, and meets the most helpful shaggy dog in Scotland. (Personalities | November 20, 2003)

An Evening Out

Though New York now has its own Soho club, it’s London where the eating club has its roots, though only in recent years for celebrities with hungry noses. Our man in London Jonathan Bell makes the rounds. (Letters From London | November 10, 2003)

Letters from Edinburgh: Colorful Lullabies

In the first of her series of letters from Scotland, Claire Miccio, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, moves into her flat, learns the Scottish hoedown, and goes on a countryside jaunt that turns out to be anything but Withnail & I. (Personalities | October 16, 2003)

Raising the Game

As New York recovers from Sept. 11 with construction, it would do well to look abroad for ideas. Jonathan Bell reports on the history of London’s skyline, and how architecture heals. (Letters From London | March 25, 2003)

Royal Memories

As Britain prepares for the Golden Jubilee—the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s throning—Jonathan Bell reflects on the pomp, circumstance, and correctly colored ties in the monarch/subject relationship. (Letters From London | May 30, 2002)

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