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Joanna Błachnio

Joanna is an English language translator (EN-PL and PL-EN) with over a decade of experience. She specializes in literary translation as well as translating publications about art (theater, visual arts, contemporary choreography).
Whom Do You Love?
Humor + Variety
Variety

Whom Do You Love?

Reveal what the object of your desire is with this playful quiz.
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
Making Sense of Dreams
Art + Stories
Experiences

Making Sense of Dreams

Dreaming is not simply a biological activity that usually takes place during the night—it can play an important role in one’s waking life, too.
Ewa Pluta
Crimson Ink
Art + Stories
Opinions

Crimson Ink

Artists understand the primordial essence of being human, as well as the power and symbolism of the red fluid that runs through our veins.
Stach Szabłowski
Animal Persons
Art + Stories
Opinions

Animal Persons

Marta Bogdańska, creator of the “Shifters” art project, talks about the history of humans (mis)using animals in armed forces and intelligence agencies.
Berenika Steinberg
A Recipe for Death
World + People
Nature

A Recipe for Death

The ageing process in the human body is the sum of various symptoms, each of which can affect living cells.
Tomasz Sitarz
The Forest Broadcast
World + People
Nature

The Forest Broadcast

Spring is the best season in which to hear the chorus of birdsong that emerges from nature – in forests, meadows and urban parks.
Adam Zbyryt
Silent Night
Art + Stories
Experiences

Silent Night

As the literature of recent centuries shows, our relationship with silence – as ritual, as protective, as deathly – has a long and rich history.
Ewa Pluta
Instructions for Departure
Soul + Body
Good Mood

Instructions for Departure

In contemporary Western culture, death is taboo. Yet Buddhism illustrates how we can take a different approach to death; one that is not as dissimilar as we might expect.
Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka
The Beauty Factory
World + People
Nature

The Beauty Factory

Nature’s colours and mathematical structures are fascinating. Why do the works of nature delight us so much?
Szymon Drobniak
The Poles From the Scottish Café
World + People
Science

The Poles From the Scottish Café

The Lwów School of Mathematics comprised some of the most brilliant mathematical minds – the problems they posited still inspire the latest maths theories.
Marek Górlikowski
The Tree of Life
World + People
Nature

The Tree of Life

From ancient history to the Middle Ages and beyond, the image of the tree of life has held great symbolism and significance for many cultures.
Anna Arno
Dark Matters of the Universe
World + People
Outer Space, Science

Dark Matters of the Universe

Much of the physical world is invisible to us – none more so than the concepts of dark companions, dark matter and dark energy in astronomy.
Piotr Stankiewicz