War and entertainment. These two words evoke distantly opposite associations. They would seem all but incompatible, and yet – ...

This documentary film about Ukrainian refugees is an indictment of war, a humble story of loss, fear and the victims of war, ...

Without a doubt zapiekanka is Poland’s most iconic fast food item. This long bun with a mushroom and onion filling, melted cheese and ketchup on top, not only is simply delicious and very nostalgic ...

This is the first time the Polish reader has had the opportunity to explore the work of a Warsaw-born Jewish poet on such a ...

One of Poland’s best-known legends, Pan Twardowski is a folk hero often compared to Germany’s Faust. Having signed a pact ...

In an interview with Culture.pl, the author of the anthology ‘Nie Chyliłem Czoła przed Mocą’ (I Did Not Bow to Power) reveals ...

The British period drama 'Downton Abbey', inspired by the Carnarvon family’s life in Highclere Castle, captivated U.S. and ...

Agnieszka Zwiefka’s documentary story about refugees from the Polish-Belarusian border is stripped of political slogans and ...

In the 19th century, the Polish city of Łódź grew from a tiny farming town into a bustling textile industry metropolis – at a rate unseen anywhere else in Europe at the time. The cosmopolitan city was ...

The colourful Polish tradition of making ‘pisanki’, or Easter eggs, is more or less a thousand years old. There are dozens of regional varieties, and the most outstanding specimens are exhibited in ...

Polish-born Ganna Walska was an operatic singer so unsuccessful that her failure as a vocalist is near-legendary: it inspired a theme of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and has been described in numerous ...

In May 2015, the University of Cambridge unveiled a strange white structure shaped like a futuristic Christmas tree. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the Sierpiński triangle, a type of ...