Jerzy Antkowiak, wybitny kreator Mody Polskiej, na pokazie filmu „A for Antkowiak” w ramach Kinoteki
W ciągu czterdziestu lat swojej działalności Moda Polska, najsłynniejszy powojenny dom mody w Polsce, zgromadził wielu wybitnych kreatorów i liczne grono modelek, a pod koniec lat 90. ostatecznie upadł. W 1998 roku kolekcje domu mody kupił Jerzy Antkowiak, a po latach, podczas świętowania swoich osiemdziesiątych urodzin, zaprezentował je gościom. To właśnie wtedy narodził się pomysł […]
Spectator: London’s legendary Polish restaurant to face closure over tube station refit
The legendary Polish restaurant „Daquise” might be forced to close or relocate because of the planned renewal of the South Kensington tube station. South Kensington is now one of the oldest stations of the London underground opened some five years after the first stretch of the railroad was completed. As the station is now about […]
Poland and Baltic states announce withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention
The defence ministers of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania recommend denouncing the Ottawa Convention, which banned the production and use of anti-personnel mines. This sends a clear message that our countries are ready and able to use any means necessary to defend their territory and freedom. The Ministry of Defence published on Tuesday a joint […]
Anders vs Stalin – the conversation that led to the evacuation of Poles from the USSR
The situation of the Polish Army in the Soviet Union was very difficult in March 1942 but after an unexpected decision to cut the number of food rations from 20 March to only 26,000, a vision of starvation appeared before nearly 70,000 soldiers and civilians. General Władysław Anders decided to intervene and talk directly with […]
Jolanta Duda – Polka nominowana do Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla
Pokojowa Nagroda Nobla dla Jolanty Dudy – w imię pokoju, sprawiedliwości i humanitaryzmu. Norweski Komitet Noblowski podał, że wpłynęło 338 nominacji, z czego 244 dotyczy osób indywidualnych, a 94 organizacji. To o 62 nominacje więcej niż przed rokiem. Informacje o zgłoszeniach są utajnione na okres 50 lat. Laureat tegorocznej Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla zostanie ogłoszony 10 […]
Last Battle of Britain pilot John „Paddy” Hemingway dies at 105
The last pilot to take part in the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, has died at the age of 105, as reported by the BBC. Hemingway, who was born in Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force as a teenager before the Second World War. At the age of 21, as a fighter pilot, he […]
“The Brutalist,” just like Polański’s “The Pianist,” will make you feel all things. It’s a remarkable experience
In Brady Corbet’s instant classic (a winner of three Academy awards), Adrien Brody plays a Hungarian émigré architect, László Tóth, who tries to find a sense of life in a new country. He will soon learn that being a self-made American is a lie. In the post-war US, you’re either American or no one. […]
St. Patrick’s Day – the holiday of all Irish around the globe
Saint Patrick was born in Roman Britain at the end of the fourth century, probably in 387 AD. Although the exact date of his birth remains unknown, his life and actions have left a deep mark on the green island’s history. Today all Irish celebrate St. Patrick’s as their national holiday worldwide. At the age […]
80 anniversary of the Stalag 344 liberation – one of the greatest German POW camps
The German Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, which were liberated 78 years ago by Red Army soldiers. Stalag 344 Lamsdorf was one of the largest camps of its kind operating during the Second World War organised by the German authorities. Among the prisoners of the Stalag were the soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Stalag 344 […]
Józef “Lalek” Franczak – the last of the “Cursed Soldiers”
On 21 October 1963, in the village of Majdan Kozice Górne in the Lublin region, Józef Franczak “Lalek”, a soldier of the ZWZ-AK, WiN, and the last partisan of the independence underground, was killed by ZOMO officers. He was the last of the post-war anti-communist resistance fighters, the so-called “Cursed Soldiers”. Nicknamed “Lalek” or “Lalus” […]
