Loose Change: The Miracle of Buses
I’m told the countryside has much to recommend it, and isn’t just there to put decent intervals between interesting places.
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Loose Change: Tram Hero
He’s out there, somewhere. Righting wrongs and protecting the weak. Roaming the streets of Krakow on the side of the
Read more Loose Change: The Sexy Shop
I had high hopes for the Sexy Shop. Nestled comfortably in double-fronted premises of moderate size on ul. Tomasza, ‘sexy’
Read more Loose Change: The Polish Bird Flap
There was great excitement on BBC Radio 4 last week, as far as excitement on Radio 4 goes, over a
Read more Loose Change: When Russians Were Hilarious
Remember the Winter Olympics? You must remember. It was about two weeks ago and that Polish woman who always wins
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Loose Change: Ice
If summer is the silly season for news, the middle of winter is the dead boring season. We get the same stories every year. Either everyone is wondering where the snow is, or snow is causing national chaos. Either everyone is moaning that Poland never gets anything at the Oscars…
Read more Loose Change: In a Band
It’s not that I really want to start a band, I just think it’s necessary – you’re nobody in this town unless you’re ‘in a band.’ At a party the other day, a former Miss Singapore and professor of nuclear physics with several books under her belt earned nothing but yawns until she said…
Read more Loose Change: Scarlett Johansson and the Three Bears
So here’s the thing, about a month ago, a Dutch student journalist wrote to me and asked if she could bring her group of Dutch student journalist friends to Poland and talk to me about the amazing success of the Krakow Post. Tabbing out of my email, I gazed across the city…
Read more Loose Change: Proud To Be…
I ‘m fascinated by the qualities nationalities ascribe to themselves – the super powers people assume themselves to have acquired by the simple expedient of being born to speakers of a particular language or within lines drawn on a map. We’re all guilty of it…
Read more Loose Change: The Deck Chair Menace
When did the deck chair become an acceptable form of seating? Thinking back to the early summer, which seems frighteningly recent, I don’t remember ever seeing one in the fragrant beer gardens of our fair city. Now, as the thoughts of alfresco drinkers turn…
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