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Lethal Legacies and Other Ingrate Cases
Lethal Legacies and Other Ingrate Cases
Stories of (Dis)Inheritance
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They say that the rich are less empathetic than the poor – for some billionaires and aristocrats, this even extends to disinheriting their own families.
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Empire of the Alexandrinas
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Paris Photo 2019
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An Unsung Hero of the Holodomor
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The Short Life of Inanimate Objects
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Lily Briscoe’s Painting
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You’ll See When the Rain Comes
You’ll See When the Rain Comes
A Journey to the Source of the Nile
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The Nile river eventually flows into the Mediterranean Sea, but has more humble origins. One such source is the Blue Nile at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, where water can be in short supply for large parts of the year.
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The St. Nicholas Code
The St. Nicholas Code
The Mysterious Origins of Santa Claus
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It’s easy enough to recognize who Santa Claus is, but his namesake’s story is not quite so simple. In fact, it’s possible that St. Nicholas never even existed…
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5th December 1952
5th December 1952
Anniversary of the Month
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On this day in 1952, just over a decade after the wartime Blitz, death from above hit the streets of London again. Smog was everywhere, blinding pedestrians and even creeping into cinema screens.
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deep soundings
in this light
Reading / literature
“...a painter provides a season, / a setting, and an oil-thick frame of mind.” A poem by an American great.
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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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Fiedorczuk
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An Introduction to Evie Shockley’s “in this light”
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Evie Shockley’s poem “in this light” tackles three Impressionist paintings in a way that shows the poet’s incredible synesthetic imagination.
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The Short Life of Inanimate Objects
The Short Life of Inanimate Objects
An Interview with Adèle Chasson
Magazine / society
Adèle Chasson, project manager at the Stop Planned Obsolescence (HOP) NGO, talks about the importance of empowering consumers, the recent legal proceedings against Epson and Apple, and why it might not be your fingernails that are responsible for laddered tights.
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Lily Briscoe’s Painting
Lily Briscoe’s Painting
On a Fictional Work of Art
Reading / culture
A writer channels the spirit of Virginia Woolf to reflect on the significance of a painting from her novel “To the Lighthouse”, both for the character who painted it and for the author herself.
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The Avant-Garde in the Forest
The Avant-Garde in the Forest
The House of Jan Szpakowicz
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In a forest close to Warsaw, a long-forgotten gem of modernism designed by architect Jan Szpakowicz lay dormant until quite recently.
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An Unsung Hero of the Holodomor
An Unsung Hero of the Holodomor
Terror and Truth in Agnieszka Holland’s “Mr. Jones”
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The latest film from Agnieszka Holland tells the story of Gareth Jones, a Welsh journalist searching for truth in Soviet Ukraine. A Ukrainian writer explores how the film may shed new light on the Holodomor for those in her home country.
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November in History
November in History
Diary of an Eternal Pessimist
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Our eternally pessimistic correspondent gives his historical highlights for the month of November.
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Empire of the Alexandrinas
Empire of the Alexandrinas
An Alternative Literary History
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We present you with an alternative history of the world, in which the Great Library of Alexandria was saved by Julius Caesar.
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Buy “Przekrój”, Sir
Buy “Przekrój”, Sir
Our Magazine in the 1990s
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In the early 1990s, Poland was undergoing a political and economic transformation away from communism. Naturally, “Przekrój” had to adapt to the times, too.
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Sadness Is Not a Disease
Sadness Is Not a Disease
An Interview with Allan Horwitz
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Allan Horwitz talks about the murky relationship between Big Pharma and psychiatry, the history of diagnosis, and the problems with pathologizing regular human emotions.
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The Spruces of the Krukawe Woods
The Spruces of the Krukawe Woods
New Life in the Białowieża Forest
Reading / science
In the primeval Białowieża Forest, a small spruce is growing. But unlike the oak trees that surround it, this spruce is growing above the ground…
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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?
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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
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)
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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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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
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
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Attention! A May Day picnic message from Professor Filutek.
