the POLSKI blog

I noticed something different about today’s Guardian. The front page felt very Polish. It was white and red, like the Polish flag. And had I had my morning coffee, I would have realised instantly that it wasn’t a coincidence. But instead, I needed a few more minutes to notice a very obvious Polish theme running [...]

I’ve recently introduced you to a new Polish cultural site aimed at the English-speaking world, and here we have another one. This time it’s all about the latest news. thenews.pl is run by Poland’s equivalent of the BBC World Service, Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy. It’s published entirely in English and is mainly focused on Poland [...]

When I started this blog, I wanted people to change their view of Poland. Out with the old, in with the new. Glad things are changing. There are more and more Polish cultural events in the UK, I see more and more people who come to London just to visit – not to work – [...]

I should perhaps dedicate this post to everyone who still complains about the Royal Mail in Britain. Have you ever tried its Polish equivalent, Poczta Polska? No? I’ve just read a post on one of the Wall Street Journal blogs dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe about the weird experience that is Poczta Polska. And [...]

“ME AND MY BIG MOUTH” These are his own words by the way. Of all people on this planet Stephen Fry would be the very last person in my opinion to express disparaging remarks about other nations. Yet, quite uncharacteristically for him, he did. Publicly. How did that happen? Stephen revealed everything today on his [...]

I completely forgot to mention in my previous post thepolskiblog’s Spotify playlist – if you’re a Spotify user, click here to see and play it. Remember, it’s a collaborative playlist, which means you can add and share with others your favourite Polish tracks – and in fact a Myslovitz lover must have added their entire [...]

It’s been a very busy and eventful month for me, hence no activity on the blog, only occasional post on Twitter (a big hello to all my new followers there, by the way). And it’s a real shame I didn’t have a chance to blog more as there have been many events recently. So what [...]

Today’s anniversary (read more about it here and leave your comments too!) prompted one of the largest Polish portals, Gazeta.pl to launch a couple of unique services. The first one is called ‘A postcard from Poland’ and is a massive collection of photographs depicting what Poles were doing today at midday, twenty day after the [...]