Krakow Post Christmas Quiz 2013
Looking for some festive entertainment to punctuate the eating and drinking? Gather friends, family and guests around the remains of your dinner and try the Krakow Post Christmas Quiz…
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Month: December 2013
On Two Wheels: The Christmas Cyclist
Whether it’s a birthday, or looming Christmas, you might have wondered which present will be most welcomed by a confirmed cyclist. Beware: cyclists are fragile and easily offended by incorrect cycling gifts, though they may not show it…
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People Power Movements Shake Up Krakow
Over the past year, public opinion appears to have mobilised with the aim of making voices heard in the chambers of power, both in the city council and the Małopolska regional government. The most high-profile has been the campaign by Krakowski Alarm Smogowy – a group…
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Kino Mania: Papusza
Literature classes about Roma poets remain a rarity. The fact that co-director Joanna Kos-Krauze was able to become acquainted with
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Kino Mania: Seksmisja (Sex Mission)
Despite the critics’ reluctance to admit Seksmisja to the pantheon of Polish cinema, Juliusz Machulski’s feature has captivated generations of
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Kino Mania: Ida
With Ida (2013), Paweł Pawlikowski made history at the Gdynia Film Festival by becoming the first foreign filmmaker to win
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Tales From The Chalkface: What Would Father Christmas Think?
The run up to Christmas is like wading through a morass of ‘to do’ lists: the usual marking, preparing for
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Bull On the Page: The Politics We Deserve
“Every nation gets the government it deserves,” said de Maistre. We’ve now had the same one for six years, with two to go, and it’s long gone stale. PO and PiS have been the two leading parties since 2005. Back then, these opportunistic political bedfellows promised each other…
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Talking Business with the Dalai Lama
On September 16, I had the honour of meeting and speaking with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet at a private audience in Prague, Czech Republic. With a few dozen business leaders and their families in attendance, it was a very rare opportunity to spend a few hours…
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Rebirth of Krakow’s Grass Roots Cabaret – In English
A new breed of entertainment bounded onto the Krakow scene in November with the first edition of Talking Dog International, and quickly won the hearts of the audience with its adorable antics. Talking Dog International is a refashioning of long-running cultural event…
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