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So Much Cash!
Art + Stories
Experiences

So Much Cash!

In this excerpt from the first published translation of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz’s classic 1932 novel “The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma”, the titular protagonist is made an offer he can’t refuse...
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
The Art of Translation with Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas
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Experiences

The Art of Translation with Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas

Ewa Małachowska-Pasek and Megan Thomas speak with Valdemar about humour in Polish literature, being a sniper team, and their translation of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz’s “The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma”.
Ernest Valdemar
Halik’s Many Faces
Art + Stories
Experiences, Opinions

Halik’s Many Faces

Marcin Borchardt, director of the documentary film “Tony Halik”, talks about myths and realities across the life of one of Poland’s most loved journalists.
Mateusz Demski
The Queen of Backyard Games
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Experiences

The Queen of Backyard Games

What does it mean to be a witch in 21st-century Europe? Our new cross-border reportage tries to answer this question by looking for the granddaughters of the witches that Europe was never able to burn. The heroes of the final part include the Kraków-based artist and activist Cecylia Malik.
Ada Petriczko
A Toast to Tradition
Art + Stories
Experiences

A Toast to Tradition

The Polish wedding reception (or ‘wesele’) is a thing of legend that has to be experienced at least once in a lifetime. It’s also an evening of joy, full of the warmest Polish traditions.
Richard Greenhill
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
Art, Fiction

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
From Mazovia to Hollywood
Art + Stories
Experiences

From Mazovia to Hollywood

Polish film-maker Paweł Ferdek talks about his new documentary “Pollywood”, which tells the story of how a handful of Jews emigrated from Poland and went on to be major Hollywood players.
Dariusz Kuźma
A Bird’s-Eye View on Biebrza and Narew
World + People
Nature

A Bird’s-Eye View on Biebrza and Narew

The Biebrza Wetlands are a grand monument to nature: one of the very few in Europe and comparable to the Pripet Marshes in Belarus, or the Danube Delta in Romania.
Małgorzata Borkowska
There Is No One Truth
Art + Stories
Experiences, Opinions

There Is No One Truth

Swiss journalist and film-maker Andreas Hoessli talks about the connection between the Iranian Revolution and Poland’s Solidarity movement, how we represent history, and his new film “The Naked King”.
Dariusz Kuźma