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Jonathan Bousfield

Jonathan Bousfield

Jonathan Bousfield writes about culture, history and travel in Central and Eastern Europe for the Rough Guides, Time Out Croatia, Jutarnji list and Stray Satellite. Together with Croatian artist Igor Hofbauer he is the co-author of dystopian comic strip Grimizna Laguna/Crimson Quays. You can follow him on Twitter here.

The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels

The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels

Murina is a claustrophobic family drama unraveling among the sunny seascapes of the Adriatic

Murina is a claustrophobic family drama unraveling among the sunny seascapes of the Adriatic

Miroslav Krleža: where to start with Croatia’s most famous writer

Miroslav Krleža: where to start with Croatia’s most famous writer

Behind the Yugoslav art movement that predicted the birth of digital art

Behind the Yugoslav art movement that predicted the birth of digital art

In the Name of Love: the story behind the erotic Latvian self-help guide that brought sex to the USSR

In the Name of Love: the story behind the erotic Latvian self-help guide that brought sex to the USSR

Marx on the beach: the forgotten story of Yugoslavia’s rebel communist summer school

Marx on the beach: the forgotten story of Yugoslavia’s rebel communist summer school

Rock and Rijeka: how Yugoslav youth magazine Val changed one Croatian city forever

Rock and Rijeka: how Yugoslav youth magazine Val changed one Croatian city forever

Adriatic dreams: the contemporary Croatian architects building a template for modern living

Adriatic dreams: the contemporary Croatian architects building a template for modern living

Gods of thunder: the 80s rock group that shook Soviet Latvia and forged a new youth culture

Gods of thunder: the 80s rock group that shook Soviet Latvia and forged a new youth culture

Kunst ja Kodu: the Soviet-era design magazine that paved the way for independent Estonian ingenuity

Kunst ja Kodu: the Soviet-era design magazine that paved the way for independent Estonian ingenuity

40 years after the New Wave: the story of the music that changed Yugoslavia

40 years after the New Wave: the story of the music that changed Yugoslavia

The name’s Ford, Alan Ford: how an Italian comic book spy became a Yugoslav hero

The name’s Ford, Alan Ford: how an Italian comic book spy became a Yugoslav hero

The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

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