the POLSKI blog

I noticed today that Poland’s once biggest bank had opened a branch in central London. PKO Bank Polski has a nice shiny branch in Shaftesbury Avenue. Weird location if you ask me, but maybe there are more branches in other parts of London. As it’s Sunday, I couldn’t go inside and check what’s on offer, [...]

If you’re based in London – or are visiting at the end of May – this might be your biggest chance this year to sample the best Polish culture has to offer. At least in the musical sense. Britain’s most famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, has been in love with Poland for quite some time now. [...]

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, [...]

Quite a few good Polish cultural events are taking place in London this autumn. I’ll have more details nearer the date (mid-September). Now however, if you’re in London or visiting the city and need somewhere nice and quiet – with a bit of traditional Polish art thrown in – why not hop on the train [...]

Through this blog, of course. Although I do realise my previous few posts on that subject probably only just scratched the surface. But I’ve just come across a rather impressive selection of Polish places – or venues serving Polish food in some form – on a user review site Qype. The good thing about it [...]

Polish PM Donald Tusk was in London yesterday. He was supposed to try and convince Poles living here to come back to Poland, by asking “Do you have a return PLan?’ (PL stands for Poland, of course). All that because the Polish government has launched a special site, where Poles living in the UK can [...]

This post will mean nothing to those of you who live outside London (WELL outside London) or outside the UK, but three south Londoners, Lolly, Gary and Richard have just created a new social group called Dirty South Twit. It’s a group of people – mainly, I presume, bloggers – who use and love Twitter. [...]

This is supposed to be the biggest production to hit Polish TV in ages. Or possibly ever. “Londyńczycy” (Londoners) is a new soap which debuts on TVP1 (Polish equivalent of BBC1) tonight. It has been heavily promoted all over the country with massive billboards and – judging by how many UK papers have picked up [...]