Jazz Café POSK and Włodek Pawlik present: Pawlik & Pawlik Duo
Włodek Pawlik, a jazz pianist and composer, is the only Polish winner of the Grammy Award in jazz (for the album “Night in Calisia”) will perform at the renowned Jazz Café POSK in Hammersmith. His records have reached gold and platinum sales. He composed music for a musical Irena about life of Irena Sendler, […]
„Why is Poland called unbreakable?” by Edward Reid
There is a reason Poland is called unbreakable. Every time it was conquered, it endured. Every time it was erased, it returned. Every time it was silenced, it found its voice again. From the partitions of the eighteenth century to the wars of the twentieth, Poland has lived through darkness that most nations could not […]
Stefan Knapp, a pilot of the Polish 318 Squadron, became a world-famous painter
„Polish RAF pilot becomes a world-famous painter„! – once wrote The Guardian! „This slender and good-looking boy had two dreams, become a fighter pilot and a renowned artist” – wrote about Stefan Knapp, Władysław Nycz, a pilot of the Polish 318 Squadron. Knapp fulfilled both his dreams. Stefan Knapp – a Soviet Gulag survivor and […]
Mecenas Marzena Konarzewska – bezpłatny dyżur prawny
Już we wtorek, 14 października 2025 w godzinach 18.00 – 20.00, Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny POSK serdecznie zaprasza na comiesięczne darmowe porady prawne dla Polaków w UK. Dyżur prowadzony będzie przez Panią mecenas Marzenę Konarzewską, która posiada olbrzymie doświadczenie w sądach brytyjskich i od kilkudziesięciu lat specjalizuje się w prawie rodzinnym. Portal British Poles jest patronem […]
‘Capo’ is a naturalistic portrayal of immigrants arriving in Poland – Review
In Robert Kwilman’s feature debut, we learn what it is to be an immigrant arriving in Poland, to earn a living and fight for a decent life. It’s a story based on real-life events, from 2020. We follow Adrián (Daniel Jiménez), an immigrant from South America, who works in a warehouse belonging to Przemek (Sebastian […]
The Times: Poland’s economic boom leaves Britain behind
In his recent Sunday Times analysis, Tom Calver paints a striking picture of how Poland, once a source of economic migrants to Britain, is now emerging as a major European success story, even outpacing parts of the UK in prosperity and growth. Calver begins by recalling Nigel Farage’s 2015 comment about preferring migrants from “India […]
Polish gov’t reports on aid for Ukraine in 2022–2023 in numbers and actions
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Poland has become both a frontline humanitarian hub and one of Kyiv’s most reliable political allies. According to a new government report, the total value of Poland’s humanitarian and economic assistance exceeded £17.1 billion between 2022 and 2023 which marks the largest aid effort […]
How Heinrich Himmler relayed Hitler’s order for the total destruction of Warsaw in 1944
When the Warsaw Uprising was crushed, Heinrich Himmler demanded the complete destruction of Warsaw as revenge for the Polish revolt. On 9 October 1944, he gave a chilling order: “The city must be completely destroyed. No stone can remain standing. Every building must be razed to the ground.” What followed was one of the most […]
Nawrocki to von Der Leyen: “Poland won’t accept relocation of migrants from other EU countries”
Poland has once again drawn a firm line against the European Union’s migration pact. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Karol Nawrocki declared that Warsaw would reject any attempt to impose the relocation of migrants onto Polish territory. He emphasised that protecting national security and safeguarding the country’s eastern […]
Bydgoszcz ‘Valley of Death’: the first mass German war crime of the WW2
In Bydgoszcz’s Fordon district lies one of Poland’s most harrowing wartime memorials: the so-called Valley of Death. It is both the largest mass grave in the city and a silent witness to the brutal Nazi campaign known as “Intelligenzaktion”, which sought to annihilate Poland’s educated class. On 14 October 1939, German forces carried out a […]
