Przekrój: Our History At a Glance
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Przekrój: Our History At a Glance

Przekrój is the oldest Polish magazine about culture and society—operating since 1945 and valued by millions of readers. At its height, weekly circulation reached 700,000 copies.
December in History
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Science

December in History

Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of December.
Adam Węgłowski
Awareness is like a flashlight and it flashes on things.
– Ram Dass
Baby You
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Dreams and Visions

Baby You

The Organization of Imaginary Nations
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Dreams and Visions

The Organization of Imaginary Nations

It was a Friday in fall. On this drizzly day, the congresspeople in the Capitol building were clashing over the American public debt. The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the country. Meanwhile, on the enormous lawn in the center of Washington, almost a million smiling people were plunged in serene meditation.
Paulina Wilk
The Application
Humor + Variety
Variety

The Application

If there’s anything in life that’s worth having, it’s a pen––especially one from the dollar store. Say what you want, but dollar stores are simply the best. I often pop in with a dollar bill in my pocket, just to revel in the fact that I can finally afford everything. I don’t buy anything. I […]
Matthew Coachinger
Space for Joy
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Space for Joy

Peace is within us, as is joy. Sylwia Niemczyk asks Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual teacher and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, about tough times and ways to deal with them.
Sylwia Niemczyk
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
– Rabindranath Tagore
Nice To Err
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The Other School

Nice To Err

If it were possible to eliminate all the errors in the world, take into account all circumstances and predict all consequences, then science would become unnecessary, and life would be boring and repetitive. Without mistakes, there would be no evolution or diversity. We would either be at a standstill, or completely extinct.
Szymon Drobniak
Power Points
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Power Points

Imagine that all it takes is a ten-second gentle touch to set off or cure ailments like headaches. “It’s possible,” says Ayurvedic doctor Nisha Manikantan in conversation with Agnieszka Rostkowska.
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
– Rabindranath Tagore
The Trick
Art + Stories
Fiction

The Trick

A horror story about an eye that drew the author into a trap.
Matthew Coachinger
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
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