Musical Moments for Children – September
POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Association) invites all children and parents to the Musical Moments for Children on 25 September 2022 (Sunday) at 12.00. Everyone can play for the Queen! We will hear a musical tribute of children to Her Majesty, the Queen. Portal British Poles is a media patron of the event. After the […]
Roger Moorhouse about his book: “The Devils’ Alliance – Hitler’s pact with Stalin 1939-1941”
Ognisko Polskie – The Polish Hearth is inviting for the book talk by historian, researcher & author Roger Moorhouse on his book “The Devils’ Alliance Hitler’s pact with Stalin 1939-1941” and a discussion on the subject will be followed by wine and cocktail snacks and book signing. There will be the chance to buy copies […]
Andrzej Duda participated in the Queen’s funeral and met the UK’s new PM Liz Truss
On Sunday 18 September at noon, Polish President Andrzej Duda, accompanied by his wife Agata Kornauser-Duda and the Polish ambassador Piotr Wilczek, honoured Queen Elizabeth II in the Hall of the Palace of Westminster. Shortly after, the President wrote a message in the book of condolence published after the death of Elizabeth II. https://twitter.com/AmbWilczek/status/1571469153378209799?s=20&t=hxqLoTxx0l-FJ-MVGUYx8g At […]
Czy transmisja pogrzebu Królowej Elżbiety II będzie miała największą oglądalność w historii?
Msza pogrzebowa królowej może pobić światowe rekordy oglądalności – 4,1 miliarda widzów – twierdzi Carolina Beltramo, analityk telewizyjny z WatchTVAbroad. Królowa Elżbieta II zmarła 8 września 2022 w Balmoral. Jej panowanie trwało 70 lat i 214 dni i było najdłuższe ze wszystkich brytyjskich monarchów. Koronacja Elżbiety II miała miejsce w 1953 roku. Przed pogrzebem trumna […]
The last official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was made by a Polish painter
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on 8th September 2022 in Balmoral. It turns out that her last official portrait was painted by a Polish painter – Barbara Kaczmarowska Hamilton on the occasion of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Let us recall how it happened. Barbara is a Polish portraitist who has lived and worked in […]
Heathrow Airport cancelled 100 flights to ensure silence during the Queen’s funeral
Heathrow Airport officials announced the cancellation of over 100 flights to ensure silence during key moments of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The decision was taken not to disturb the two minutes of silence that will take place throughout the country at the end of the memorial service at Westminster Abbey. As a result, no planes […]
The last Soviet troops left Poland 30 years ago
On 18 September 1993, over half a century after the USSR’s backstabbing of Poland, the last Soviet soldiers officially left the country’s territory. They left behind ruined buildings, an environmental catastrophe and losses estimated at PLN 6.3 billion. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Polish soil began in December 1990. The negotiations between Warsaw and […]
The Vistula Spit canal has been inaugurated
On Saturday, 17 September, the Vistula Spit canal started functioning. On this occasion, several concerts were organised. The new infrastructure is a recently finished canal built across the Polish section of the Vistula Spit that will create a second connection between the Vistula Lagoon and the Bay of Gdańsk. It will allow ships to enter […]
The Soviet Union backstabbed Poland on 17 September 1939
16 days after Germany’s brutal invasion, the Soviet Union joined its National Socialist ally to dismantle an outnumbered Poland, all without a formal declaration of war. Despite everything we know today about past Soviet activity (mass massacres, tortures, deportations, rapes, religious persecution…), the USSR is hardly ever put on an equal footing with Nazi Germany […]
Philip Miller’s Herbarium by Jacek Wajer – Chelsea History Festival
This year’s Chelsea History Festival will bring the past to life through a series of talks, tours and events. The immersive programme will reveal history in all its variety and demonstrate its ongoing resonance and relevance today. To celebrate this year’s Chelsea History Festival, join Jacek Wajer, a curator at the Natural History Museum, to find out […]
