The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down
Essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on the changing use and meaning of a seemingly banal object - unlocking a story about how life in their country was altered by the 1989 revolutions
The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down - Episode 3
The World Turned Upside Down: Series in which essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on the changing use and meaning of an apparently banal object.
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The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down - Ivan Kytka
Journalist Ivan Kytka reflects on the importance of cars in communist Czechoslovakia.
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The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down - Jana Scholze
Small objects of daily life unlock stories about the revolutions of 1989. Furniture curator Jana Scholze remembers life in Communist East Germany and a much-desired garden chair.
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The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down - Kataryna Wolczuk
Polish academic Kataryna Wolczuk presents a personal view of contraception, women's rights and the importance of calendars in her country - during and after communism.
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The Essay - The World Turned Upside Down - Valeria Toth
Small objects of daily life unlock bigger stories about the revolutions of 1989. Hungarian journalist Valeria Toth looks back at a life measured out in passports.
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