Juliette Bretan
@jcbretan.bsky.social
PhD at University of Cambridge on modernism, East-Central Europe & political geography.
Research assistant for the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Centre for Geopolitics. Words in The TLS, The Public Domain Review, Engelsberg Ideas, The Arts Desk & more.
Research assistant for the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Centre for Geopolitics. Words in The TLS, The Public Domain Review, Engelsberg Ideas, The Arts Desk & more.
German and Soviet pavilions in antithesis - Paris International Exposition, 1937
May 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
German and Soviet pavilions in antithesis - Paris International Exposition, 1937
Excited to be presenting a BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature tomorrow, ‘Tango Goes East’, on the story of tango’s musical journey eastwards to Poland and beyond.
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Excited to be presenting a BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature tomorrow, ‘Tango Goes East’, on the story of tango’s musical journey eastwards to Poland and beyond.
Strange-looking pierogi at Warsaw diner (very good though)
April 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Strange-looking pierogi at Warsaw diner (very good though)
First time in a Polish home and garden shop in the U.K. (in Nottingham). With signs and announcements in Polish.
April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
First time in a Polish home and garden shop in the U.K. (in Nottingham). With signs and announcements in Polish.
A recent purchase: handbook of central and east Europe, from 1936
March 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A recent purchase: handbook of central and east Europe, from 1936
Staying in apartment goals in Warsaw
March 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Staying in apartment goals in Warsaw
Kavka pickle cocktail :)
March 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Kavka pickle cocktail :)
…the Free City of Danzig?
January 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
…the Free City of Danzig?
Lángos at Selwyn college 😍
January 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lángos at Selwyn college 😍
The Klub Polonia addiction continues
December 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The Klub Polonia addiction continues
Love the cloud moquette pattern on the London cable car
December 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Love the cloud moquette pattern on the London cable car
Military recycling: cannon bollard in London
December 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Military recycling: cannon bollard in London
A knotty railway map of Austria-Hungary, 1918
December 11, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A knotty railway map of Austria-Hungary, 1918
The cult of chicken paprikash continues
December 10, 2024 at 1:53 PM
The cult of chicken paprikash continues
Mulled sloe gin 😍
December 6, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Mulled sloe gin 😍
Got so excited by the flurry of Polish flags on this Dutch map (but they’re the sign of long-distance hiking paths)
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Got so excited by the flurry of Polish flags on this Dutch map (but they’re the sign of long-distance hiking paths)
A year before she died (to the day), we all went cycling along the Gein in the Netherlands, from Weesp (where my parents lived & cycled in the 1980s) towards Abcoude - a landscape Piet Mondrian loved to paint. That’s how I like to think of her; cycling, content, towards Abcoude.
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
A year before she died (to the day), we all went cycling along the Gein in the Netherlands, from Weesp (where my parents lived & cycled in the 1980s) towards Abcoude - a landscape Piet Mondrian loved to paint. That’s how I like to think of her; cycling, content, towards Abcoude.
It’s a year today since my mum died. I wish I could write everything about her, but then I’d write forever, so I’ll leave it to this: she was the most beautiful person I have ever known.
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
It’s a year today since my mum died. I wish I could write everything about her, but then I’d write forever, so I’ll leave it to this: she was the most beautiful person I have ever known.
Just had dessert and dessert for breakfast with @becimay.bsky.social (and her healthier beans)
December 1, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Just had dessert and dessert for breakfast with @becimay.bsky.social (and her healthier beans)
Perfect for another FIFA match…
November 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Perfect for another FIFA match…
Visited the Nigel Hall exhibition at Magdalene College with my students today - thinking about material, language and space
November 27, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Visited the Nigel Hall exhibition at Magdalene College with my students today - thinking about material, language and space
Mondrian design in a Netherlands train
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Mondrian design in a Netherlands train
