Adam Busiakiewicz, a Sotheby consultant, identifies missing Henry VIII portrait
Dr Adam Busiakiewicz, a British art historian working for Sotheby’s, discovered a missing Henry VIII portrait by spotting it in a random X post. It appears the portrait was hidden in plain sight for centuries. Our website was able to ask Mr Busiakiewicz about the details of the discovery. The portrait was one of 22 […]
Roman Dmowski – one of the fathers of Polish independence and defender of national identity
Dmowski was a thinker and politician who defined the modern Polish identity in opposition to its neighbours and national minorities. Despite that view, the broader sense of his political Imaginarium was filled with symbols from Sienkiewicz’s literature and ideas of a strong Polish state. Roman Dmowski was born in 1864 in the village of Kamionek, […]
Łukasz Krupiński zagra na obchodach Święta Żołnierza Polskiego w POSK-u
Święto Żołnierza Polskiego, organizowane przez SPK, odbędzie się w londyńskim POSK-u w niedzielę 11 sierpnia. Program jest wspaniały, a jego niewątpliwie największą atrakcją muzyczną będzie „chrzest” nowego fortepianu firmy Steinway, który właśnie został zakupiony przez POSK. I zagra na nim nikt inny, jak artysta Steinawaya – wybitny polski pianista mieszkający w Londynie, Łukasz Krupiński. Uroczystość […]
Krystyna Skarbek, a WW2 spy, honoured in National Portrait Gallery exhibition
A wartime SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek is honoured with a photograph at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of a new exhibition on female spies. Skarbek is considered one of the most outstanding spies of the World War 2 and the favourite SOE agent of Winston Churchill. Maria Krystyna Skarbek was born on […]
Kraków bugle call over Monte Cassino battlefield – Emil Czech’s extraordinary mission
It took about two hours for platoon sergeant Emil Czech to move several kilometres under German fire to get to Monte Cassino and play the St. Mary’s Bugle call, the symbol of Polish culture. The famous soldier, who announced the Polish victory over the Germans, was born in Bobowa near Nowy Sącz 116 years ago, […]
John Baildon – a Scot who shaped the Silesian industry
The history of the Silesian industry is commonly associated with overwhelming Prussian influence; however, it appears that among the most prominent builders of its economic prosperity were many aristocrats and investors of non-German origin. One of these figures is John Baildon, who played a key role in creating Silesia’s iron and steel industry. Silesia was […]
Polish student wins International Chemistry Olympics in Saudi Arabia
Michał Lipiec is a student at the August Witkowski High School in Kraków. He became known after receiving medals at the International Science Olympiads. Just last year Michał won a gold medal in chemistry in Zurich, a silver medal in physics in Tokyo and a bronze medal in mathematics in Chiba. He also received three […]
Nasz wywiad z Dyrektor Anną Sochańską z Departamentu Współpracy z Polonią i Polakami za Granicą w MSZ
Anna Sochańska od 26 lutego 2024 piastuje stanowisko Dyrektora Departamentu Współpracy z Polonią i Polakami za Granicą w Ministerstwie Spraw Zagranicznych Polski. Zwróciliśmy się z prośbą o udzielenie wywiadu dla Polonii brytyjskiej. George Byczynski: Pani Dyrektor, czym zajmuje się Pani urząd i w jaki sposób wspieracie Państwo Polonię? Anna Sochańska: Jesteśmy w bardzo ciekawym momencie, […]
Europe’s first large lithium-ion battery recycling plant opens in Poland
Poland’s Elemental has opened Europe’s first large-scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Zawiercie. The plant is seen as a European leader and is designed to become a zero-emission facility in the next few years. The idea behind the investment is to keep the Asian-made batteries in Europe and significantly shorten the recycling process and secure […]
General Maczek and his Black Devils – the Polish military arm in the West
Despite his fate after the end of the 2 World War, Generał Stanisław Maczek remains a symbol of the Polish professional military. The inhabitants of the European cities liberated by Maczek’s armoured division commemorate his great care to avoid any civilian casualties during the fight for German-occupied cities. Stanisław Maczek was born in Szczerzec, today’s […]
