In the decade after the end of WWII, Europe was still getting back on its feet both politically and economically. The films made during this period were either stark, bare-bone depictions of the ...
Blown from across a room, a peck on the cheek, a big old smooch on the mouth! Kisses can be playful and tender, friendly and ...
The rebirth of cinema in Poland after World War II is inextricably linked to the Łódź Film School, an oasis of progress and ...
It’s a well-known fact that Warsaw is the capital of Poland. But in the country’s long and tumultuous history, a number of ...
In the modern era of digitalisation one may think that the fate of traditional books has already been sealed, but in ...
During his early childhood he survived collectivisation and starvation. His father Stanisław was taken to work on the construction of the White Sea Canal in 1926 and his mother Teofila ended up in ...
Magdalena Abakanowicz became internationally famous through textiles, yet spent much of her career resisting the labels of ...
Some streets are unavoidable, almost magnetic, like Oxford Street in London, or Broadway in New York. Poland’s cities are no exception to this, though some of their names might be trickier to ...
Wawel’s animal tapestries are far more than royal decoration. Woven in 16th-century Brussels for King Sigismund Augustus, ...
The International Chopin Piano competition is known for its incredible power to turn unknown prodigies into pianists of global standing. Other than the actual prize, these young artists win a schedule ...
Polish migrants have been arriving in Britain for centuries, and British writers have been imagining them almost as long. But ...
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