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25 May, 2010

Biweekly about culture

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

“You Poles are so, so…, erm, cultured! Yes, that’s the word, cultured!”
My English musician friend used to tell me that whenever we used to meet in a pub years ago to talk all things Polish (for his benefit) and all thing British (for mine).
What he meant was probably this: most Poles are not afraid of [...]

07 Feb, 2010

Chopin in Time Out (London)

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

Remember my Chopin post from a few weeks ago? Looks like London is getting ready for some Chopin celebrations too this year – just saw this in this week’s Time Out.
So glad there are more and more Polish events in London every year.

However, if you don’t want to splash out on Time Out, try the [...]

19 Oct, 2009

Basia is back

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

Matt Bianco fans have a reason to be cheerful this autumn. Basia, whose voice is familiar to anyone who in the early 1980s danced to Whose Side Are You On?, is back with a new album. (Oh, ok, the album was released a few months ago, but I only just listened to it for the [...]

16 Sep, 2009

Robert Kusmirowski’s Bunker @ The Barbican

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

The cultural autumn in London will have a distinctly Polish flavour. And you don’t even need to look far.
A new Polish movie called ‘Tricks’ is on general release now and it’s getting good reviews.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is having an exhibition called The Polish Connection. This from their website:
In 1790 the last King of Poland commissioned [...]

14 Mar, 2009

Polska! Year

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast| so very Polish

Good news if you live in the UK and want to experience more Polish culture locally. For the next year cities all over Britain will participate in an initiative called Polska! Year. According to the organisers’ website,
The purpose of the Year is to bring communities of Poland and Great Britain closer by strengthening cultural relations, [...]

17 Dec, 2008

Fresh Polish music: Oszibarack

Posted by: Michał In: cultural beast

A couple of weeks ago I gave my old Polish friend Joanna a task – find me some Polish music, but surprise me. (After all she’s still in Poland and knows what’s cool.) No shitty meowing, no boring old fart recycling the same stuff over and over again.
And she came back with this: Oszibarack. Wowzers. [...]



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