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Lava Leisure Tours
The Top Volcanoes to Visit
Magazine / science
Don’t be scared by active volcanoes! While some of them undoubtedly pose a safety threat, there are many lava-spewing peaks that you can travel to and admire.
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The Cetacean, or There and Back Again
The Cetacean, or There and Back Again
From Pakicetus to Orcas
Magazine / science
Marine mammals, such as dolphins and whales, are adapted to aquatic environments. Our correspondent traces their journey from land to water, starting 49 million years ago.
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Escape to the Apocalypse
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We Are All Parasites
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Venus in Childbirth
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The ‘100-Mile’ Rule
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The Power of Sour
Society
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Venus in Childbirth
Venus in Childbirth
Classic Nudes of Art History
Reading / culture
The naked female body has long been painted, drawn and sculpted throughout history, in both secular and religious art. What role did it once play?
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A Lesson in Wonder
A Lesson in Wonder
The Life of Rachel Carson
Reading / culture
In 1962, the marine biologist Rachel Carson published her seminal book on the ecological effects of pesticides, “Silent Spring”. As a result, she advanced the global environmental movement, but was unfairly discredited by her political opponents.
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I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder
I Am Just the Monkey, Not the Organ Grinder
Antonia Lloyd-Jones on Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize
Reading / culture
“I am just the monkey, not the organ grinder. And I am one of very many monkeys, and a very small one at that,” says Antonia Lloyd-Jones (who has translated three novels by Olga Tokarczuk) when asked about the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018.
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Escape to the Apocalypse
Escape to the Apocalypse
Our Obsession with the End Times
Reading / society
Abrahamic eschatology teaches us that the end of the world is coming. Maybe that’s why we’re so captivated by catastrophe in the West.
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Cartoons
Marek Raczkowski's drawings
Discover what Polish humour is about. Check out Marek Raczkowski's cartoons translated by Marek Kazmierski.
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Everybody Burns
Everybody Burns
The Creative Chaos of Combustion
Magazine / science
Right now, there are over 10,000 active fires worldwide. In fact, you, Dear Reader, are burning too, and it might not be such a bad thing...
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Gone, but not Dead
Gone, but not Dead
“Przekrój” Remembers Bohdan Butenko
Reading / culture
On 14th October 2019, the illustrator, drawer and graphic artist Bohdan Butenko passed away. We remember this Master, who regularly contributed to our pages in his later years.
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The Power of Sour
The Power of Sour
How to Make Apple Cider Vinegar
Magazine / society
Our gastronomy expert describes the culinary importance of sourness, and gives a recipe for homemade apple cider vinegar.
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Poematic
Confession
Reading / literature
“They shriek and compete / for who has the most sins.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
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Olga Tokarczuk’s Books in a Nutshell
Reading / culture
A brief summary for those of you who haven’t read the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 winner’s books until the very end.
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October in History
October in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
Reading / society
Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of October.
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short story
Franco’s Black Pearls
Reading / literature
A century or so ago, Vilnius was a very different place to today. Kristina Sabaliauskaitė takes us on a trip past the streets and characters of the city once known as Wilno, in this excerpt from her collection of stories about modern Lithuania’s capital.
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Heliography
Media / Photo
In Heliography, Nicolas Grospierre's new body of works, the photographer abandons oneof his favourite topics, architecture, to deliver works that could be seen as the antithesis ofCartier Bressons's concept of "decisive moment".
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Why After All This One and Not the Rest?
Why After All This One and Not the Rest?
Wisława Szymborska’s Extraordinary Postcards
Reading / culture
Wisława Szymborska is mostly known across the world for her poetry. Yet the Nobel Prize winner had another talent up her sleeve - since the 1970s, she’d been making witty collages pasted to postcards.
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A Beach at the End of the World
A Beach at the End of the World
The Unabashed Emotion of “Sun & Sea (Marina)”
Reading / culture
This year’s Venice Biennale Golden Lion winner came from the Lithuanian pavilion. The piece in question – an opera-performance on an artificial beach – encapsulates all the empathy and emotion that each of us might feel towards a world on its way to disaster.
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Fiedorczuk
In Search of Silence (Part I)
Reading / feuilleton
To our detriment, silence is in short supply. In fact, noise can be harmful to both us humans and the environment we live in.
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Healthy Living
Four Short Meditations for the Autumn Weather
Magazine / society
A psychologist outlines four meditation exercises for the autumn months.
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How Do We Know Whether We Are Progressing Spiritually? (audio)
Media / Audio
“The power of egoism is so strong, that we constantly forget who we truly are: pure being and consciousness.” Original text by Marshall Govindan Satchidananda. Read by Konstancja Dangel.
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Finding Peace Through Yoga
Finding Peace Through Yoga
A Way for Veterans to Combat Trauma
Reading / society
VEToga is a yoga programme developed specifically for war veterans. It was designed by Justin Blazejewski, who began to experience PTSD after 10 years of military service.
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How Can You Acquire Vast Knowledge of Traditional Kriya Yoga? (audio)
Media / Audio
Kriya Yoga seminars are constantly organized in Europe and across the world. One of them will be held in Poland this autumn. During the weekend seminar, participants will learn the five-fold path of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga. Read by Konstancja Dangel.
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Be Water: The Philosophy of Bruce Lee
Be Water: The Philosophy of Bruce Lee
The 46th Anniversary of Bruce Lee’s Death
Reading / society
Bruce Lee’s philosophy was borne primarily of Western sources, especially the American counterculture.
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How Bruce Lee Reached Ten Million and Inner Harmony
How Bruce Lee Reached Ten Million and Inner Harmony
The 46th Anniversary of Bruce Lee’s Death
Magazine / society
On the 46th anniversary of his death, we consider the brief but remarkable life of Bruce Lee.
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When Women Had the Field. The Story of Women’s Football (audio)
Media / Audio
Women’s football thrived at British filling factories during World War I, attracting incredible crowds. Yet a few years after the war, women were banned from playing the sport. Original publication by Piotr Żelazny. Read by Konstancja Dangel.
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The Speedy and the Sneaky
sports
The Speedy and the Sneaky
An Interview with Bartosz Molik
Magazine / society
Bartosz Molik, a coach of the Polish wheelchair basketball team, talks about doping at the Paralympic Games.
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Greta Thunberg: Let’s Use Nature to Fight Climate Change
Media / Video
All around us are magic machines that suck carbon out of the air, cost very little and build themselves. Trees – in all their gorgeous variety and spectacular beauty – can make a massive difference to the world, if we accept one condition: we have to leave fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong.
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Professor Filutek, part 41
Media / Video
Attention! A May Day picnic message from Professor Filutek.
