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Perspectives on Poland: The Secret City

As I young man I was advised to walk tall and look the world in the eye, rather than shuffling along staring at my feet. I was also advised to “Stop and smell the roses,” which can mean a simple trip...

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Perspectives on Poland: Murdoch, bras and rubber gloves

Krakow Post readers will be pleased to note that the only connection this newspaper has with News Corp. and the Evil Professor Murdoch is that Sky Sports is occasionally on in the background of the...

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Perspectives on Poland: The death of Catherine Z.

The body of 21-year-old British student Catherine Z. was found by a railway embankment in Krakow on 30 July. She had been beaten unconscious with a metal bar and left to drown in a drainage ditch. I’m...

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Perspectives on Poland: Right Side of the Lens

This month I made my second, annual visit to the World Press Photo exhibition. That’s enough severed heads, crushed bodies and utter hopelessness to hold me for another 12 months. Like last year, I...

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Perspectives on Poland: A Nation Facepalms

The nation has spoken – Poland’s official Euro 2012 anthem is titled: ‘Cluck Cluck Euro’s Cool’ (Koko koko Euro spoko). Yes, that is ‘cluck’ as in the noise a chicken makes. When the nation woke up the...

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Perspectives on Poland: The Krakow Boob

Stags and footie fans hoping to get an eyeful of womanly Polish curves in Krakow this summer could get more than they bargained for, as plans are announced to convert a local hill into a giant breast....

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Perspectives on Poland: Coming to Terms with Anti-Semitism

Last night, the BBC broadcast a terrifying documentary swarming with images of Polish and Ukrainian football hooligans chanting anti-Semitic slogans, making Nazi salutes and abusing black players. The...

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Perspectives on Poland: Freeze the Racists Out of Euro 2012

The England team are due to visit the former Nazi Auschwitz–Birkenau extermination camps today. Also on their schedule is a trip to the Schindler Factory in Krakow – the inspiration for Spielberg’s...

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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...

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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...

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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’ suggested to me a light-hearted flirtatiousness otherwise entirely absent...

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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 humble tram rider, the nightmare of the gas guzzler. I’ve never had a hero before,...

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