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The Dream Time
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Dream Time

We present you with an alternative history of the world, in which humans join hibernating animals with a deep sleep through the winter months.
Adam Węgłowski
Oh Silence, Oh Deathly Silent Uproar!*
World + People
Science

Oh Silence, Oh Deathly Silent Uproar!*

Noise is all around us. So it has been, ever since we swapped our hunter-gatherer lifestyle for city-living – which is where the ancients’ complicated relationship with silence began…
Paweł Janiszewski
How Much Jesus Is There in Jesus?
Art + Stories
Opinions

How Much Jesus Is There in Jesus?

Helen K. Bond talks about the historical Jesus, why he is a natural ally for children on climate strikes, and how early Christianity can be likened to a countercultural movement.
Tomasz Stawiszyński
Eyes of Green
World + People
Nature

Eyes of Green

Trees can live for hundreds – and in some cases, tens of thousands – of years, making them the most well-versed historians… if only we could communicate with them.
Adam Węgłowski
Nothing Fixes Itself
Art + Stories
Experiences

Nothing Fixes Itself

The writer Almudena Grandes talks about the exhumation of Franco, her best-selling novel “The Ages of Lulu”, and why Spain must confront its fascist past.
Aleksandra Lipczak
2nd November 1848
Art + Stories
Experiences

2nd November 1848

On this day in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe was in a decidedly bad place. With a string of successful literary works behind him, what exactly was causing the writer’s melancholia?
Adam Węgłowski
22nd October 1909
Art + Stories
Experiences

22nd October 1909

On this day in 1909, Poland’s most important shrine – the Jasna Góra Monastery – was broken into; the painting of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa was stolen. But who committed the theft?
Adam Węgłowski
Cat Compendium
Humor + Variety
Variety

Cat Compendium

The earliest cats first appeared around 30 million years ago, and their domesticated species are as popular as ever today. We present a randomly-chosen selection of cats that have changed history – at least for some people.
Katarzyna Sroczyńska
Buy “Przekrój”, Sir
Art + Stories
Experiences

Buy “Przekrój”, Sir

This cover could be a work by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame. It is a more polite version of the same style – conservative pen strokes, psychedelic colours and subversive content. “Advertise in Przekrój” – meet 1991 again, with us!
Ewa Pawlik
Tradition Invented
Soul + Body
Good Food

Tradition Invented

It can be tempting to consider a nation’s traditional food as a product solely of that culture. Yet the reality is more complex. Cuisine is in constant flux; always being reinvented.
Monika Kucia