the POLSKI blog

You know how some people will never call Derry Londonderry. They have their reasons. Editors should know it. Wikinews editors should know it too. They should also know that some people will never accept another name for Gdańsk than Gdańsk. Particularly when they are Polish. And why would they? After all that is its name [...]

Every now and then there’s a story about the need to recruit someone with good Polish to help the allegedly ever-growing Polish communities in various parts of the UK. You’ve heard of Polish nurses, doctors, etc. Now it’s allegedly time for Polish policemen. North Wales police has considered recruiting officers from Poland to help deal [...]

Don’t you just hate it when you’re beaten at your own game? Looks like Poland has just lost another claim to fame. According to AFP, Bucharest attempted a new world record a day after Boxing Day, with a 392-metre (1,286-foot) smoked sausage that took two weeks to prepare and weighs a hefty 150 kilogrammes (330 [...]

If you didn’t understand the second half of the title, don’t worry, I’ll explain. As you may be aware, every year Google produces its Zeitgeist, a list of the most popular search terms over the past year in each of the countries, in which it has its presence. In Britain, people search for the iPhone, [...]

Let’s turn the tables. Normally I write about something Poland-related here, but this time I would like you to give me the facts and, perhaps more importantly, the opinions. I was away and quite busy over the past few days, and only just noticed tonight while on the Tube home a storm brewing on the [...]

I was too busy over the weekend (pre-Xmas gathering of friends in Hampshire, great food, lovely companion) to realise The Observer had a nice piece on Kraków and its annual exhibition of the best Christmas cribs in the main square. In fact, the cribs were just an excuse for a page-long piece on how to [...]

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As you’ve probably noticed, my blog automatically displays random pictures from Flickr, tagged with the word ‘Poland’. These are not my pictures, although sometimes I wish they were. And through this small Flickr plugin I discovered the amazing photography of a Poland-based woman who calls herself Violen. Her Violen’s Photography Flickr photostream is a joy [...]