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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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A Cold
A Cold
On Lem, Philip K. Dick and the FBI
Reading / literature
In an extract from his book “Out of this World: The Life of Stanisław Lem”, Wojciech Orliński describes a sensational yet often misunderstood encounter between Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick, in which the latter denounced the former as a thief.
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A Beach at the End of the World
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A Cold
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Hot Hells, Cold Hells
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Brainy Cephalopods
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The Mechanical Drummer
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Slowly, Through the Nose
Slowly, Through the Nose
The Science of Yogic Breathing
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The neuroscientist Andrea Zaccaro has demonstrated that slow breathing can have a calming and restorative effect on the nervous system.
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Meditations of a Lazybones
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A lazybones presents his political manifesto for... laziness.
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The Mechanical Drummer
The Mechanical Drummer
From Olsztyn to Aphex Twin
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Polyend began life in 2015 as a small, musical equipment start-up in northeastern Poland. By 2016, they’d already received an order from Aphex Twin for their digital drumming machine, Perc.
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Hot Hells, Cold Hells
Hot Hells, Cold Hells
A Tour Through the Asian Abyss
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Tomasz Wiśniewski presents an overview of the various Buddhist and Taoist afterlife offers for sinners.
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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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Brainy Cephalopods
Magazine / science
Squids and octopuses are intelligent creatures with an unearthly beauty, as illustrated perfectly by the paintings of Ernst Haeckel.
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In Praise of Nudity
In Praise of Nudity
The Nudist Beaches of Central and Eastern Europe
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Poland may be a Catholic country, but it has its fair share of nudists. You might find them at the infamous beach at Chałupy, or even further afield in Bulgaria, whose Black Sea resorts have long attracted regional naturists.
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The Battle of Gotland
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The Battle of Gotland
A Regatta in the Baltic Sea
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Since 2012, a single-handed, solo sailing race has taken place in the Baltic Sea. The 500-nautical-mile race attracts skippers hoping to qualify for even more arduous regattas.
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Poematic
Voices
Reading / literature
“And there she stands again, petite, at the blackboard.” A poem by a contemporary Polish poet.
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Language That Brings Freedom
Language That Brings Freedom
The Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Magazine / culture
The writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o truly understood the power of language – not only as a British colonial tool, but also as his own means of critiquing the corrupt post-colonial elites of Kenya.
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August in History
August in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
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Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of August.
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A Story No One Has Told Yet
A Story No One Has Told Yet
An Interview with Nancy Spielberg and Anna Różalska
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Nancy Spielberg and Anna Różalska, the producers of the film Who Will Write Our History, talk about the little-known history of Jewish social activist Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes archive.
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The Armband
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One day, six-year-old Helena is gifted a ‘magical’ armband by her friend Tomek. But the armband has some unexpected effects... An excerpt from the book “Kotka Brygidy” [Brygida’s Cat], set in wartime Warsaw.
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Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom
Sorrow and Pain, Torment and Martyrdom
The Latter Years of Tadeusz Peiper
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In the early 1920s, Taduesz Peiper was one of Poland’s leading avant-garde poets. 30 years later, he was ostracized by his peers as his mental health spiralled into decline.
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The Internets
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The internet, despite being widely available, as a virtual entity remains elusive. Its visualisation (what we know as the internet) is a collection of blue images, implicating digital modernity. Underneath those notions, however, hide addresses of companies that provide services and management of the internet.
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Poematic
glove
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“a woman in a red jacket / picked up a glove from the snow…” A poem by a contemporary Polish writer.
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How Do We Know Whether We Are Progressing Spiritually? (audio)
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“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
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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)
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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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How Do We Know Whether We Are Progressing Spiritually?
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“The power of egoism is so strong, that we constantly forget who we truly are: pure being and consciousness.”
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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
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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)
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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
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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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Professor Filutek, part 41
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Attention! A May Day picnic message from Professor Filutek.
