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Tim Ochser
was born in London and currently lives in Riga, Latvia. Works as a culture editor for the Baltic Times and as a freelance journalist.
Eurozine Articles
What is "it"?
Ever since Nike exhorted us to "Just do it!", the third person pronoun has been the vessel for a whole range of cultural suggestions. Tim Ochser finds that "it" is not all that it seems. [more]
I don't love hockey and hockey doesn't love me
"Sport's primitive allure provides a rare and necessary outlet for people desperate to rally behind a cause other than making a living", writes Tim Ochser, unimpressed by the spectacle of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Riga. [more]
Stuck in traffic
Calling sex trafficking "modern-day slavery" is all too easy, says Tim Ochser, who helped a British film crew make a documentary on the issue in Latvia. [more]
One or two words on the sticky subject of pornography
Confronted with amateur pornography, Tim Ochser finds he has eyes only for the home furnishings. How life has become a "grotesque parody" of pornography. [more]
The sad story of how "K" became "C"
Plastic ferns, ABBA, and intoxicated Russians: on the seedy charms of the old-fashioned Latvian kafejnica. [more]
In the labyrinth
A Riga suburb called Zolitude makes Tim Ochser reflect on the philosophical realities of a life in the labyrinth. [more]