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Poster-Child of the Counterculture
A seasonal dish
Poster-Child of the Counterculture
How to Make Your Own Granola
Magazine / society
Our gastronomy expert muses on the revolutionary roots of toasted oats, and gives a recipe for homemade granola.
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Element of Equilibrium
Element of Equilibrium
Lithium and Mental Health
Reading / culture
In his recent book “Lithium: A Doctor, a Drug, and a Breakthrough”, psychiatrist Walter A. Brown gives an overview of lithium – the drug that has proved to be especially useful for those experiencing bipolar disorder.
Czytaj
Listening to the Stars
Listening to the Stars
An Interview with Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil
Magazine / culture
Polish composer Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil talks about an incredible moment in Nazareth, the importance of silence for composers, and the inspiring beauty of hearing the forest.
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It Should Be OK.
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You Must Change Your Life
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Tradition Invented
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A Paradise Called Dziedzinka
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A Paradise Called Dziedzinka
The Lodge in the Białowieża Forest
Magazine / culture
In this 1971 article from our archives, a “Przekrój” correspondent visits the Dziedzinka lodge in the Białowieża Forest, where he meets its two inhabitants and their many animal friends.
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Eleos
Reading / literature
One day, Jan Radecki, a doctoral student in neuroscience, discovers the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Ministry of War for an ambitious project involving mirror neurons. Will his project get the funding? And is the project itself ethical?
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One Happy Family
Eastern blocks
One Happy Family
Life on a Dnipro Housing Estate
Reading / society
In the second instalment of our ‘Eastern Blocks’ series, Tetiana Shataieva, a Ukrainian journalist who grew up on a housing estate in Dnipro, remembers how her neighbours always looked out for each other.
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A Life in Song
A Life in Song
The Tempestuous Music of Violeta Parra
Magazine / culture
The singer-songwriter Violeta Parra pioneered the renewal of traditional folk music in her native Chile. She left behind a number of albums, as well as a trail of heartbreak.
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A New Year from an Old World
A New Year from an Old World
Stepping Into a Decade of Hope
Magazine / society
The year 1989 was especially significant for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. We take a look at the prognoses “Przekrój” made in our final issue of the 1980s.
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A Subversive Master of Earnestness
A Subversive Master of Earnestness
Marina Abramović Returns to Belgrade
Reading / culture
Marina Abramović has finally returned to her hometown Belgrade with the retrospective exhibition “The Cleaner”. How does the performance artist’s legacy resonate in the city that she has largely left behind?
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On the New Zealand Trail
On the New Zealand Trail
Hiking Through Te Araroa
Reading / society
New Zealand’s Te Araroa trail stretches 3000 kilometres, across both the North Island and South Island. It’s a physical challenge, but one that is also spiritually rewarding.
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Fiedorczuk
The World Can Be Changed
Reading / feuilleton
True, it wasn’t us, but corporations that destroyed the Earth’s climate. Having said that, let’s start acting now, because there is no time to waste and no-one else will do it for us.
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short story
His Majesty the King of Cats
Reading / literature
What is happiness? In this short story, a film critic searches for the answer to this evergreen question while recounting an anecdote about an Oscar-winning Polish director who seems very familiar...
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January in History
January in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
Reading / society
Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of January.
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2020: A Smog Odyssey
Mind the climate
2020: A Smog Odyssey
A Foreigner’s Perspective on Polish Smog
Reading / society
Poland has the dirtiest air in the European Union; this problem is particularly prominent in Warsaw and Kraków. It is so bad, that even an American resident of the Polish capital has taken note…
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Mind the climate
"Smog Wars"
Media / Video
Here is a documentary about Poland's smog problem and the country's efforts to tackle it, directed by Jonathan L. Ramsey and produced by Michał Konopa.
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Half For Me, Half For You
Half For Me, Half For You
An Interview with Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma
Reading / culture
Cinematographers Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma talk about "Honeyland", the beekeeping documentary they shot in North Macedonia, and which is hotly-tipped for Oscar success later this year.
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In the Service of Clouds
In the Service of Clouds
Painting the Skies
Magazine / culture
Art history is full of examples of painters inspired by the heavens – from the old masters to romanticism, clouds have long captured the artistic imagination.
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Fields of Good Energy
Fields of Good Energy
The Life of Soil in Winter
Magazine / society
Our writer makes a winter trip to Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland to discover what happens when the soil is frozen over.
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A Wild Boar Chase
sports
A Wild Boar Chase
Cross-Country Skiing from Morning to Night
Magazine / culture
Why go to the Alps when you can – snow permitting – take a cross-country skiing trip mere kilometres from where you live?
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The Road to Freedom
sports
The Road to Freedom
An Interview with Michał Woroch
Magazine / society
Michał Woroch talks about his plans to trek the Himalayas in a wheelchair, his previous adventures in Mongolia and the Americas, and how he found the perfect madman partner for his travels.
