The Debrief
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TFN's The Debrief is your regular dose of news and views on Polish culture, society and some history too. Join John Beauchamp as he takes a closer look into what's making Poland. Stay on the lookout for the latest Debrief Extra, your espresso shot of cultural news from Poland and beyond!
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A Fond Farewell
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Forgotten Brother
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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PlaPla Playing with Polish
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Museum Narratives through Participation
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Praga Mon Amour
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Making Culture Digitally Accessible
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Cecylia Malik and the Sisters of the River
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Comic Book Museum in Kraków
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Focus on Lithuania in photography retrospective
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Uphill struggle for women in academia
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Cultural Heritage take Centre Stage at Venice Summit
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Revolt, power and Polish communists after 1945
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Taking Polish art stateside
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Countdown to new Polish History Museum
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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At home with heritage
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Lublin hosts Wróblewski retrospective
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Olsztyn – home to ‘mad dogs’ and Englishmen
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Prussian heritage explored at Borussia Foundation
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Pirate radio in Poland explored
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Art spotlight on 20th century Vilnius
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Mysterious blue egg on Warsaw’s Five Corner Square…
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Polish women’s design big in Gdańsk… and beyond!
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Debrief Extra - Ihar Melnikau - Highlighting common Polish-Belarusian history
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Bush Mama – Dorota Kozarzewska
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Memory of Polish ‘children born of war’ in the spotlight
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Daddy cool: from corporate consultant to kids’ author…
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Marconi’s Warsaw
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May 23, 2023 |
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“Hospitality and Openness” – Reflections on 3 May Constitution
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May 12, 2023 |
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Dancing away the May holiday
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – 80 years on
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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‘Not only Kroke’ – a new history of Jews in Kraków
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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‘Fotografika’ exhibition explores Polish art photography
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Polish startups: status update...
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Chernihiv in focus
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ham radio making a comeback in Poland
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Rising from Rubble. Warsaw rebuilds itself after the war
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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New home for Polish Radio Experimental Studio
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Sounding out the past
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Kraków and modernist architecture: An unlikely duo?
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Profession: War correspondent
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ukrainian artists launch ‘3ina’
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Szymborska centennial kicks off in Poland
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Making movies: catching up with TFN’s Dagmara Leszkowicz
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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The Eleventh Commandment - Polin commemorates 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Shalom! Teaching Hebrew in Kraków...
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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How smells can define cities…
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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The Republic of Dreams
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Dispatch from Ukraine
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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What’s Cooking? A look at Jewish culinary culture
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Spotlight on Gdańsk shipyard at the ECS
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Protecting the Biebrza wetlands
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Flies, Forests and… Freedom!
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Sights, sounds and architectural education
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Building bridges from Sejny to the world
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Art awareness at Warsaw Gallery Weekend
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Bydgoszcz buzz at Vintage Photo fest
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Back to basics with Maria Meissner
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Ukrainian bookstore in Kraków becomes aid hub with a splash of culture…
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Pictures on porcelain depict ‘Frozen Time’
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ecological disaster hits Odra River hard
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Baltic port of Gdynia tops happiness ranking of Polish cities
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Witkacy’s world
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Fun and games mark Lublin ‘Carnaval’
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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How did an Italian queen introduce veggies to Poland?
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Oh Mummy!
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Warsaw museum brings Białoszewski back to life
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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British photography on show in Kraków
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Training the engineers of Ukraine’s tomorrow
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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NGO launches legal office for Ukrainians in Warsaw
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Shakespeare lives on in Gdańsk
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Local pride at Wawer’s old ‘Murowanka’ school
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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UN ramps up volunteer operations in Poland
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May 27, 2022 |
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Teaching an old dog new tricks
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May 21, 2022 |
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Rebuilding Skopje
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May 14, 2022 |
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What next for Ukrainians in Poland?
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May 06, 2022 |
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The Politics of Memory
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May 01, 2022 |
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The Tears of a Clown
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Easter catch up with TFN’s own Monica Zielinski
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Wrocław’s Leopoldina reopens after painstaking renovation
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Saving Ukraine’s heritage
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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New look for Five Corner Square
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Poland’s doors wide open – but for how long?
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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All hands on deck, All eyes on Ukraine
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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The Fabric of Ukraine
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Extreme storms to become new normal?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Feasting on Fat Thursday
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Leica exhibition celebrates one of Poland’s finest photographers
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Raising the bar on Polish education
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Warsaw’s hidden rivers
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Breaking Ondine’s curse
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Spotlight on Polish architecture in new permanent exhibition
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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New Year Special: Meditate your way through 2022
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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Christmas Special: Stargazing with the ‘Guy from Google’
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Newly found fossils reveal a Jurassic park in Poland’s heartlands
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Kraków’s MuFo takes photography back to basics
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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New game fosters investment in cultural heritage
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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The music of Poland’s smallest minority
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The Odotheka – creating a library of smells
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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Polar research station in Antarctica to be revived after 40 years
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Can genetics find the cause of Chopin’s death?
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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Siberian experience captured in new Białystok museum
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Chopin’s life and love
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Building Poland’s ‘Quantum Valley’
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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The problem of Polish folk art
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Polish avant-garde movie finally sees light of day
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Kapuściński prize for Nomadland
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Putting a spin on Polish culture
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Meeting in the borderlands
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Supporting Belarusian journalists against the regime
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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The sounds of the Tatras
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Instant snapshots on show in Gdańsk
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Fighting COVID in Poland and… Uganda
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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A personal look at the Warsaw Uprising
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Kraków’s magnificent Krzysztofory Palace reopens to the public
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Fictions which build reality
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Toruń’s Copernicus takes centre stage at Dwurnik retrospective
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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In search of a national ‘style’
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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General Anders - On Parade in London
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Hevelius works added to UNESCO list
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Sasnal exhibition takes on Polish landscape
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Katowice revival
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Copernicus goes to London
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Children change, so literature does too...
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May 28, 2021 |
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Theatre in times of lockdown
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May 21, 2021 |
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Covid rocks art world
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May 15, 2021 |
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Poland’s Napoleonic legacy
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May 08, 2021 |
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Reviving forgotten legacies and restoring lost heritage
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Bringing Nature Back to the City
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Mapping the universe
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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UNESCO Geopark opens in Holy Cross mountains
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Eggs - not just for Easter!
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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How to translate Olga Tokarczuk
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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‘Our Man in Warszawa’ brings a personal view to reporting in Poland
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Making of the ‘Senster’
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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New life for ‘Senster’ robotic sculpture
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Polish biotech outfit teams up with US pharma to produce Covid vaccine
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Spring is coming, and so are the storks!
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Will the polonaise dance its way onto UNESCO heritage list?
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Is Poland’s big freeze cause for climate concern?
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Culture-starved Poles flocking back to museums
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Will there be a ‘Covid Generation’?
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Poland kicks off mass vaccination drive
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Economic outlook for 2021
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Wrapping up 2020
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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National quarantine scuppers NYE plans for Poles
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #9
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Reboot for The Debrief
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Polish archives reveal British spy named Bond - James Bond!
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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An uncertain future for one of Warsaw's oldest cinemas?
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Remembering the Polish anti-Soviet independence movement founded 75 years ago
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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Poland's beating heart
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Plugged in and ready to go...
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Bring on the gold!
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Roadworks reveal 150 Jewish headstones
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Living with COVID-19
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Who is Baśka the Bear?
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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A helping hand for Poles in Ukraine
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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An English princess... in Silesia?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Sweetened by honey
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Treasure under wraps in Nazi diary
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Keeping fit with Slavic gymnastics
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Europe’s oldest time capsule found in rural Poland
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May 29, 2020 |
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Craft beer crisis!
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May 22, 2020 |
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Crushing the coronavirus
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May 14, 2020 |
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CEE region reins in COVID-19
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May 04, 2020 |
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How a Pole brought coffee to Europe
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #8
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Polish celebrity chef saves his bacon despite Covid lockdown
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #7
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Famed 'White Eagle' chain to enter back into service
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Fighting disease… using viruses?
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #6
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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Farmer unearths unbelievable Roman coin haul
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #5
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #4
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #3
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #2
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Diary #1
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Polish archaeologists reveal Egyptian treasure
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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The invisible ink which revealed concentration camp horrors
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Warsaw Uprising papers saved from skip
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Chopin’s wandering heart
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Cycling through Siberia
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Stained with the blood of insurgents
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Miracle surgeon wins American fellowship
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Polish studies big in Japan
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Kinder KZ: Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Poland’s economic forecast for 2020
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Murder most foul
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Napoleonic necklace
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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It’s Christmas… and a time for reflection
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Poland to Nepal by… truck!
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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The Buried Treasure of Ferdynand Ossendowski
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Introducing The Debrief
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Dec 16, 2019 |