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Oh Freedom, Where Art Thou?
Art + Stories
Experiences

Oh Freedom, Where Art Thou?

From Daedalus to Alcatraz, prison escapes have a long (and often romanticized) history.
Adam Węgłowski
The Dragon over Warsaw
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Dragon over Warsaw

In the 1640s, the Italian inventor Tito Livio Burattini moved to Poland, where he got to work on designing a dragon-shaped ornithopter. But did his early aircraft ever reach the skies?
Bartłomiej Kluska
The Woes of Pope Frances
Art + Stories
Fiction

The Woes of Pope Frances

We present you with an alternative history of the Roman Catholic Church led by a woman, Pope Frances.
Adam Węgłowski
Written in Sunlight
Art + Stories
Art

Written in Sunlight

Hércules Florence invented photography three years before Daguerre, and pioneered the study of birdsong. Surprisingly, his innovative achievements are largely forgotten.
Katarzyna Sroczyńska
Six Feet Above the Ground
World + People
Nature

Six Feet Above the Ground

Our ancestors lived in trees millions of years ago. Perhaps that’s why humans seem intent on returning to them.
Łukasz Stępnik
Is Bitcoin Heading for a Reality Check?
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Is Bitcoin Heading for a Reality Check?

The advent of bitcoin has changed the way we think about currency. Might we also learn some lessons from older commodity money?
Marcin Napiórkowski
Beniowskian Poland
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Beniowskian Poland

We present you with an alternative history of the world, in which Poland’s inter-war dreams of colonizing Madagascar were actually realized.
Adam Węgłowski
The St. Nicholas Code
World + People
Science

The St. Nicholas Code

It’s easy enough to recognize who Santa Claus is, but his namesake’s story is not quite so simple. In fact, it’s possible that St. Nicholas never even existed…
Adam Węgłowski
Pyjama People
Art + Stories
Experiences

Pyjama People

These days, we very much take the cosy comfort of our pyjamas for granted. But it wasn’t always like this – sleepwear has come a long way from its 17th-century origins in Europe.
Agata Zborowska
A Good Night’s Rest
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Good Night’s Rest

The length of time that we sleep for, as well as where and with whom, has changed and adapted over the past few hundred years.
Milena Rachid Chehab