Clown interviewing clown in Warsaw today 🤡🤡

I've always said Poland deserves far greater recognition & appreciationn than it often recieves, but this isn't what I had in mind. Such praise from the far right gives a completely false impression of what the country thinks. It does, however, highlight what today's Independencence Day march is.

Will Poland reciprocate & open a South Korean office to promote the cultural phenomenon that is Disco Polo?

The second paragraph here is a masterpiece:

This is quite a fun story. A group of Belarusians has run a route around Poland to trace a map of the country as a gesture of thanks in the lead up to Independence Day on November 11th. It took 20 athletes 44 hours to run a non stop relay totalling 435km tvpworld.com/89885715/str...

If we put $$, people won't notice it's the SS? lol

Passengers on a high-speed train between Poland's two largest cities were taken by surprise when a sheep wearing a nappy began wandering through the carriages.

#OnThisDay, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize was born: Marie Skłodowska-Curie. Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.  Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.

💥INVESTIGATION: For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians abroad. Internal emails obtained by journalists show how it collaborated with Russian spies, funded propaganda efforts, and built points of influence along the way.

www.thetimes.com/article/9efd... Interesting article on how ignorance, conspiracy theories, & arguing with established facts are not only praised, but desired The pejorative use of Dark Ages is annoying, however. It's not revisionist to say the medieval world understood science, hygene, reason etc

It may be fiction, but I think MGM's new Robin Hood may be pushing historical inaccuracy a little too far

Whisky is now Poland’s fastest-growing alcohol export, with overseas sales rising fivefold since 2021. Meanwhile, the share of vodka among exported spirits has fallen from 80% two decades ago to 38% now.

Best Gdańsk/Danzig set novel: The Tin Drum?

Kraków's conservator of monuments has ordered an inspection of the historic building that Robert De Niro's company is turning into a luxury hotel. A local MP recently raised concern that the building is being damaged during the construction work.

NEW: ‘Nigel Farage is not my friend…he’s just a handsome & stylish English gentleman’ The wife of the Russian agent who Nathan Gill has admitted to accepting bribes from says Nigel Farage is not her ‘good friend’ after saying that he was her ‘good friend’ 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

“A new wave of nostalgia-bait content is going viral, and it’s broken containment – it has spread well beyond Facebook, popping up on X, YouTube, and TikTok. Much of it is obviously ‘slop’. But most notably and horrifyingly of all, it isn’t aimed at boomers – it is aimed squarely at millennials.”

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

💙💛 Poles and Ukrainians pay tribute to the victims of the Russian attacks on Ukraine at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Krakow, #OTD November 01, 2022 in Krakow, Poland. The city of Krakow has created a special place where, during the All Saints celebration, anyone can commemorate Ukrainians who died.

If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced? Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands." All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember. 🧵(not an easy read)

Notwithstanding the fact the debate around Motability is another example of people thinking disabled people have it too easy* Anyone who opines on Motability should first have to explain how the scheme works *I write this 2 weeks into a 6 week hospital stay

The US has notified its NATO allies that it will reduce the number of American troops on the alliance's eastern flank, including soldiers stationed in Romania, the Romanian defence ministry has announced.

Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93

Grzegorz Krychowiak zakończył piłkarską karierę!

Pope Leo is quietly mounting a long-term, moral confrontation with American authoritarianism — and history suggests he knows exactly what he’s doing. Here’s how he can defeat Trump’s dictatorship of lies once and for all.

My interview with legendary #2WW historian #RichardJEvans about his latest book #HitlersPeople, for @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk, is now on youtube: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/richa... It was fascinating…

The last survivor fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest single act of Jewish resistance in WWII, has died. Michael Smuss passed away aged 99 on Thursday. He had continued to educate about his wartime experiences right to the end of his life.

An event in a Polish town celebrating a local 19th-century Jewish composer has been cancelled after organisers said they received a “wave of hate and threats from antisemitic organisations”, stoked by far-right leader and MEP Grzegorz Braun.

"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral." I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.

Reporting via 'feels'

Louvre shuts down after thieves steal historical jewels on.ft.com/3KYpn5s

Once again, a good reminder of how history (Putin's highly personal interpretation of it, anyway) & national (especially Orthodox) identity are the central driving forces behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Another successful patriotic weekend get-together www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/...

At least they didn't think his name was водительское удостоверение

A new exhibition on “Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia” has opened in Moscow, organised by a state historical society. The display presents the Kremlin's revisionist view of history, including downplaying Soviet responsibility for the Katyn massacre.

Ukraine has approved further exhumations of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in WWII. It is the second time this year that Kyiv has granted permission for exhumations, which were banned until a recent diplomatic breakthrough with Poland.

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Back in 2013 I went to the Polish cemetary in Newark to see the memorial stones marking Sikorski's grave alongside the graves of leaders of the government in exile (before they were moved) & a number of Polish soldiers.

I've always thought of Forum as a pretty iconic part of Kraków's riverside & the bar which was in the former lobby was one of my favourite bars in the city. I'm also a big fan of the new development with it's array of bars & restaurants.

Poland is now "nearly as rich as the UK" after seeing real GDP per capita grow 18% since 2019, compared to 1% for the UK, notes @thetimes.com. "In some ways Poland is already ahead...[with] faster mobile internet, cheaper electricity and more high-speed rail."

I adore London&fully agree on Dubai, but the author‘s criticism of Paris& Berlin is a joke. French political turmoil is bad is it? Have you watched UK news since 2014? German trains are slow? Thank God for the sound state of UK Infrastructure. Love you 🇬🇧. But ditch the superiority complex. Please.

RIP to one of the greats.

When Putin talks to a Russians he consistently says that they invade Ukraine to destroy the state and nation and correct the path of history. NATO and similar framings are just for the useful foreigners.

Poland’s interior ministry has proposed tougher rules for obtaining Polish citizenship. They would increase the residency period from three to eight years and require applicants to take a test proving they are integrated and sign a declaration of loyalty.

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Had Trump won the Nobel Peace Prize, I imagine it would be headline news, but the actual winner doesn't even appear to get a mention on the BBC 6 o'clock news.

I think this is hugely important. I have done a lot of research on religion and politics for my book (about 🇬🇧) and I cannot overstate the difference between the pundits and politicians who talk aggressively about "cultural Christianity“ and the people you meet when you actually go to church.

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.