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The Pygmalion Effect
Art + Stories
Art, Experiences

The Pygmalion Effect

According to the ancient myth, the king and sculptor Pygmalion fell in love with an ivory statue of his own creation. What do such legends tell us about the human psyche?
Anna Arno
Flora for the Winner
Humor + Variety
Variety

Flora for the Winner

Olive and laurel wreaths are synonymous with sporting victory, but what exactly is the origin of this rather ancient tradition?
Piotr Żelazny
A National Asana
Soul + Body, Art + Stories
Wellbeing, Fiction

A National Asana

Back in the early 1980s, “Przekrój” was already instructing our younger readers on the yogic tree pose. But the history of yoga in Poland dates way back to the early 20th century with one Wincenty Lutosławski.
Ewa Pawlik
The People’s Republic of Dwarfs
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

The People’s Republic of Dwarfs

The Orange Alternative was one of the most memorable social movements in the dying years of communism. Why? Because it involved painting dwarfs.
Zbigniew Libera
The First Roadside Tree
Art + Stories
Fiction, Art

The First Roadside Tree

In the 1970s, a Neolithic vase was found during an archaeological dig in southern Poland. It depicts what may be the first roadside tree.
Michał Książek
When You Rise, the World Lives
Art + Stories
Experiences

When You Rise, the World Lives

In the 14th century BCE, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton implemented a drastic religious revolution by introducing worship of a god represented by the sun’s disc.
Paweł Janiszewski
Pure, Invincible, Magical
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Pure, Invincible, Magical

The myths and history of the ancient Greeks and Romans reveal the ways in which they viewed the sun.
Paweł Janiszewski
June in History
World + People
Science

June in History

Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of June.
Adam Węgłowski
The Pandemic’s Black Swan Song
Art + Stories
Experiences, Fiction

The Pandemic’s Black Swan Song

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we keep hearing that we are living in the ‘new normal’. But how exactly have previous pandemics changed world history?
Adam Węgłowski
May in History
World + People
Science

May in History

Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of May.
Adam Węgłowski