The distinction between writer and author is no longer about who publishes books, but about how culture assigns meaning and ...

For decades, the Revolution of 1905 has been tucked away in history books as a mere ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Soviet rise in 1917. But for the Poles, Jews, Lithuanians and Ukrainians living under the ...

In this particular case, it’s the Silesian dialect, thanks to which the sayings cited below sparkle with one of a kind local ...

Gardens are more than carefully arranged landscapes – they are spaces that speak, remember and shape human experience. Moving between Enlightenment parks, Romantic ruins and modern literary ...

A Polish version of ‘Apocalypse Now!’ or a communist take on ‘Before Sunrise’? Or perhaps a modern adaptation of ‘The Wedding’ half a century before Smarzowski made his? Let’s take a closer look at ...

Sharp, irreverent, and deeply rooted in place, Silesian anecdotes capture the rhythms of everyday life through humour that is at once simple and unexpectedly profound. Passed from mouth to mouth, ...

Jesters were much more than just people who made a laughing-stock of themselves. Feigned stupidity became their life’s ...

Based on H.C. Andersen’s fairy tale Thumbelina, the Wrocław Mime Theatre’s production is a daring interpretation and an attempt to rethink the stereotypical passive heroine i ...

How did soaked cardboard boxes transform into an image of turn-of-the-century Montréal? What’s the story behind the disproportionately large heads of the characters? How did the pandemic influence the ...

A Polish version of ‘Apocalypse Now!’ or a communist take on ‘Before Sunrise’? Or perhaps a modern adaptation of ‘The Wedding’ half a century before Smarzowski made his? Let’s take a closer look at ...

Where did Poland begin? From the island stronghold of Ostrów Lednicki to the royal hill of Wawel, the traces of the first Piast rulers still shape the country’s landscape. This journey through ten ...

From royal palaces to tourist traps, here’s a true historical snapshot of Saxony’s capital – told by a Polish exile who admires the parks, complains about the cooking, and never quite loses his sense ...