Traditional London red buses get a royal purple makeover for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations
On the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 8 of London’s classic red buses have been given a royal purple makeover. Transport for London (TfL) announced that the revamp was funded by operators Abellio, Arriva, Go-Ahead, Metroline, RATP, and Stagecoach. As TfL announced, in order to “help Londoners and visitors get into […]
Jak Polska odzyskała „Czerwone maki na Monte Cassino”
Tytuł „Czerwonych maków na Monte Cassino” nawiązuje do kwiatów, które rozkwitały na wzgórzach Monte Cassino, za próby tańczenia do niej można było dostać w twarz. Jeszcze kilka lat temu prawa do tej znanej polskiej pieśni hymnicznej należały do rządu Bawarii. Jak to się stało, że wróciły do Polski, opowiada Waldemar Domański. Pieśń „Czerwone maki na […]
Tamara Łempicka – baronowa z pędzlem, czyli kobieta w podróży
Dziś w 124. urodziny Tamary Łempickiej – w podróż po wystawie jej dzieł oraz życia zabieramy Państwa do Muzeum Narodowego w Lublinie. Tamara Łempicka prawdopodobnie przyszła na świat 16 maja 1898 roku, czyli dokładnie dziś przypadają jej 124 urodziny. Piszemy prawdopodobnie, bo Łempicka często ukrywała swoją datę i miejsce urodzenia, lubiła odmładzać się o parę […]
The new queen of tennis Iga Świątek continues to write the history of her sport!
Iga Swiątek has just won her fifth consecutive WTA tournament in Rome after defeating the number 7 Ons Jabeur in two straight sets (6-2, 6-2). The young Polish star extended her winning streak to 28 consecutive matches. Iga admitted that at the beginning of the tournament she “didn’t know it would be possible to keep […]
Tamara Łempicka – the queen of Art Deco
Tamarta Łempicka was born in 1898 in Warsaw as Maria Gurwik-Górska. Shortly after her marriage, she moved to Paris with her husband, the Polish lawyer Tadeusz Łempicki. There she began to paint, studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and selling her first works in Parisian galleries. It didn’t take long for her to […]
British business graduate takes tourists on adventure trips across Scotland with US school bus
Angus Luff came up with the idea of organising adventure trips amidst the Scottish Highlands with a US school bus after Expedition Happiness on Netflix. The film is about a couple travelling across North America with an old school bus. The young man graduated in 2019 and quit his job as a management consultant in […]
A first school offering Ukrainian education to refugee children opens in Kraków
Radio Kraków reports that the classes for grades 1 to 11 are being held at a primary school in Kraków, which lent it spaces at a nominal cost. 26 salaries of Ukrainian teachers and a principal are covered by a foundation collaborating with UNICEF. A similar initiative has also been launched in Warsaw. “Under our […]
Szlak Nadziei – Odyseja z Armią Generała Andersa. Opowieści o “Dzieciach Andersa” – Elżbieta Wernik
W imieniu Polish Sue zapraszamy serdecznie na premierę – Wywiad z Elżbietą Wernik, polonijną działaczką społeczną, która opowie o swojej niezwykłej drodze z Palestyny do Wielkiej Brytanii pt. „Szlak Nadziei – Odyseja z Armią Generała Andersa. Opowieści o „Dzieciach Andersa”. Wydarzenie jest organizowane w ramach Polish Heritage Days pod patronatem Embassy of the Republic of […]
Rembrandt’s “Polish Rider” returned to Warsaw after 200 years
“The Polish Rider” (Lisowczyk), the masterpiece painted by Dutch artist Rembrandt, has returned to the Warsaw palace where it was last housed two centuries ago. Its current owner loaned it to one of New York’s most important cultural institutions, the Frick Collection. “It is probably the most valuable loaned painting that has been exhibited in […]
Panel discussion „The Ładoś Group and the Passports for Life”
Join Jenny Grant and Roger Moorhouse to discuss the continuing importance and resonance of the Ładoś List. On behalf of JW3, the Polish embassy in London would like to invite you to the discussion “The Ładoś Group and the Passports for Life”, a conversation between historians Jennifer Grant and Roger Moorhouse about the continuing importance […]
