New Infamous Cracow App Uncovers Secrets in First Guide to the Dark Side of Poland’s Cultural Capital
Do you know the saucy secret of the Dragon’s Den in Kraków? What about the love that created one of Poland’s most iconic chocolate bar images? And where exactly is the devil said to have…
Anti-Sex Education Protest in Kraków, Poland
Around a hundred people gathered in Kraków city centre to protest against government plans to provide children with a new form of compulsory sex education in schools. The protesters held placards urging will power in…
The Ambiguous Maria Konopnicka – Poland’s Patriotic Sappho
October 8 marks the anniversary of the death of one of Poland’s greatest poets, Maria Konopnicka. A strong patriot, her poem Rota was once proposed as the national anthem… yet it is almost certain that…
Nominees announced for first Szymborska prize
The shortlist for the first Wisława Szymborska Poetry Prize has been announced, with five finalists hoping to receive Poland’s most valuable literary award. Justyna Bargielska (Bach for my Baby,…
Szymborska crime story published
A crime thriller written by the Nobel Prize winning poet Wisława Szymborska around the age of ten was among previously unpublished manuscripts discovered at the poet’s Kraków home. Michał…