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Postcards from the Woodstock of the Mind
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Art

Postcards from the Woodstock of the Mind

Margaret Atwood says to save stories like pieces of bent wire; popstar Dua Lipa recommends a shelf of novels. This is the Hay Festival, full of creativity and hope.
Natalia Domagała
Flame in Hand
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Experiences

Flame in Hand

The power of literature lies in its ability to forge connections—between the past and the present, between us and the lives of others.
Kamila Dzika-Jurek
Shed Your Skin
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Opinions

Shed Your Skin

In his latest book “The Last White Man,” novelist Mohsin Hamid crafts a meditation on how external transformation can lead to an internal metamorphosis.
Paulina Wilk
The Truest Fiction
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Opinions

The Truest Fiction

In his latest novel “Elizabeth Finch,” British author Julian Barnes blends fact and fiction to create a compelling critique of contemporary understandings of the past.
Paulina Wilk
The Knights-Erroneous
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Experiences

The Knights-Erroneous

The Celtic cultural tradition stretches across at least one millennium – and is most recognizable in the various versions of the Arthurian legends.
Marta Kmerzanka
The Most Famous Celts in the World
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Variety

The Most Famous Celts in the World

The French comic book series starring Asterix and Obelix is well-known across the world. What do these two Gallic villagers represent?
Maciej Świetlik
In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality
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In the Footsteps of Russian Spirituality

“The Way of a Pilgrim” is a classic work of 19th-century Eastern Orthodox mysticism that charts the travels of an anonymous Russian ascetic. Its influence has also spread to the West.
Mikołaj Gliński
The Fig Tree Remembers
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The Fig Tree Remembers

In her latest book “The Island of Missing Trees”, novelist Elif Shafak gives voice to a fig tree, raising pertinent questions about borders and belonging.
Paulina Wilk
Lematrix
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Fiction

Lematrix

The books of science fiction writer Stanisław Lem contain interesting – if disturbing – visions of the world around us as a mere illusion.
Piotr Paziński
What Stanisław Lem’s novel “Solaris” would be like if other famous sci-fi and fantasy authors had written it
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Variety

What Stanisław Lem’s novel “Solaris” would be like if other famous sci-fi and fantasy authors had written it

What would be the result if some other popular sci-fi and fantasy writers were to try their hand at Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”? All sorts of great books!
Grzegorz Uzdański