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Postcards from the Woodstock of the Mind
Art + Stories
Art

Postcards from the Woodstock of the Mind

Margaret Atwood says to save stories like pieces of bent wire; popstar Dua Lipa recommends a shelf of novels. This is the Hay Festival, full of creativity and hope.
Natalia Domagała
Master of the Emotional Trap: An Interview with Krzysztof Kieślowski
Art + Stories
Art

Master of the Emotional Trap: An Interview with Krzysztof Kieślowski

On the 80th anniversary of his birth, we share an interview with the Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski from the “Przekrój” archives.
Izabella Bodnar
The Land of Real Dreams
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Land of Real Dreams

Andrzej Górz, co-founder of Open Jazdów – a civil initiative in a unique settlement of wooden Finnish houses in the centre of Warsaw – talks about what utopia means to him.
Berenika Steinberg
Baby Beasts
World + People
Science

Baby Beasts

From post-natal death to hatching out of a mother’s back, the modes of reproduction in the animal world are far more varied than that of humans.
Mikołaj Golachowski
Through Storm and Drought
World + People
Nature

Through Storm and Drought

Edith and Frederic Clements were early pioneers in ecology and the holistic approach to nature – yet their work has not been fully appreciated until recently.
Paulina Wilk
Psychology Is Our Modern Mythology
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Psychology Is Our Modern Mythology

Contemporary psychology—with its rites, symbols and stories—plays the same role for modern humankind as mythology once played for our forebears.
Rami Gabriel
Don’t Fear the Tiger
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Don’t Fear the Tiger

Over thousands of years, our brains have developed to pay attention to negative stimuli. This can also make it difficult to deal with anxious thoughts.
Jowita Kiwnik Pargana

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Natalia Fiedorczuk
The Karaites: Poland’s Forgotten Ethnic Minority
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Florence in the Ascendant
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Digital Paradise
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Art

Digital Paradise

Photographer Wojtek Wieteska and curator Ania Diduch talk about their exhibition “Paradise 101” at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków.
Joanna Kinowska
Healing Exercises from Tibet
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Healing Exercises from Tibet

Tsa Lung—a Tibetan yogic practice—uses breathing and physical exercises to blend body, mind, and soul.
Dominika Bok
The Face
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The Face

The curious incident of the face in the mirror.
Matthew Coachinger
The Birds and the Bees
World + People
Nature

The Birds and the Bees

Orgies, love triangles, necrophilia – nature’s amorous repertoire is just a debauched as that of humans, and in some cases even more so.
Mikołaj Golachowski
Okroshka and Dacha
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Okroshka and Dacha

The Russian summer is characterized by dacha summer houses and cold okroshka soup. What is the origin of these two cultural phenomena?
Aleksei Morozov
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?
World + People
Nature

What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?

American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Gordon Hempton
Mrs Mohr Goes Missing
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Fiction

Mrs Mohr Goes Missing

A corpse has been discovered at a retirement home run by nuns, but Zofia is not convinced that the death was entirely natural… Antonia Lloyd-Jones translates an excerpt from the first novel in a period crime series featuring Zofia Turbotyńska.
Maryla Szymiczkowa
Mr. Barker, Oedipuss, and Us
World + People
Nature

Mr. Barker, Oedipuss, and Us

We have more in common with cats and dogs than some people think – especially when it comes to cheekily deceiving each other.
Ludwika Włodek
Energy Travels Vertically
Art + Stories
Experiences

Energy Travels Vertically

In the summer of 1920, a young Indian swami boarded a ship from Bombay to Boston. The yogi’s spiritual teachings went on to change the lives of millions.
Paulina Wilk

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Unshaken as The Himalayas
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Breathe In

Unshaken as The Himalayas

For centuries, yoga adepts and spiritual seekers have been heading to Rishikesh, a small city in northern India. Przekrój editor and yogi Agnieszka Rostkowska followed in their footsteps to talk with Sandeep Pandey, one of the most renowned yoga teachers in the Himalayan Yoga tradition.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Find the Inner Teacher
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Find the Inner Teacher

Kirti Gahlawat, a winner of multiple world championship medals in yoga, discusses respecting limits in yoga and how to find a good teacher, along with much more.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Simple, Ordinary Kindness
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Simple, Ordinary Kindness

It’s in our blood: kind gestures are evolution’s gift to humankind. If it hadn’t been for kindness, the story of our species would most likely have taken a very different turn. 
Jowita Kiwnik Pargana
At Your Own Pace
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

At Your Own Pace

Running, jumping, gardening, even caring for animals: these are all physical activities that can benefit our mental health. Psychotherapist Anna Cichoń shows us how to do them in healthy doses.
Kamila Kielar