The Danish concept of 'hygge' has been all the rage here in the UK these past two years; it resonates because British people love to find any new way to...
September 28, 2017
So it's National Poetry Day in the UK and the classics are coming out, but do you know the most famous lines of Polish Poetry? It has to be the...
September 15, 2017
I have several Polish cookbooks on my kitchen shelf, including the great classic Kuchnia Polska which is splattered with food on my favourite recipes and is an encyclopedia in itself,...
August 11, 2017
Well let me give you a clue, it's in Poland on the Baltic Coast. My article earlier this year on the wonders of Sopot didn't mention Jelitkowo that's a walk...
August 5, 2017
Here in Britain we love the idea of country life, to see cows and sheep in the fields around our towns and cities. Many dream of one day being able...
July 28, 2017
So kolonie zuchowe (Polish brownie and cub camps) have been going on for nearly a century and certainly for over 60 years in the UK, yet the children play many of...
July 21, 2017
If you thought the Polish Hussars belonged to history, you’d be wrong because there are re-enactment groups, one based in the castle town of Gniew, about 60km from Gdańsk, the...
June 30, 2017
In the 1960s the most popular music events in PRL (the People’s Republic of Poland) were the National Festival of Polish Song in Pole and the Sopot International Song Festival. ...
June 13, 2017
While Kraków is overflowing with beautiful, historic buildings to visit, on my latest trip (in between renewing insurances, resolving bank card problems and finding a new bin for the bathroom),...
June 1, 2017
Many years ago I visited the UNESCO-protected Puszcza Białowieska (Białowieża Forest) in eastern Poland with a group of scouts. It was the most serene experience: the raw beauty and hush of...
