Add this to the annals of European dhimmitude and spinelessness: Polish media is reporting that the city of Vienna has rejected the Polish gift of a statue of King Jan III Sobieski, …
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For the sake of the movie I hope that Iwan Rheon who played the arch-bastard (literally and metaphorically) Ramsey Bolton in “Game of Thrones” is good enough actor to go …
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For non-Australians readers and/or non-beer drinkers, VB, or Victoria Bitter is/was one of the major brands of beer produced and sold in Australia, which its many detractors have rather rudely re-christened …
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Note: I have originally published this long post a year and a half ago, and since then it has become one of my and my readers’ favourite TDC stories. Today …
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Poland’s populist government is criminalising language and policing history: Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Friday that makes it a crime, punishable by up to three years in prison, to …
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Back in September, while on the road in Europe, I reported on the welcome I was about to receive: With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw …
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The latest of the Disney “Star Wars” franchise is out, and it’s already dividing the audiences – and not just on its artistic and storytelling merits. Scanning the media commentary, …
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The eleventh of the eleventh does not only mark the end of the First World War – and thus associated holidays like Remembrance Day in Australia and Veterans’ Day in …
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Earlier this week, after several months of heavy urban fighting, the capital of the ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, has been declared liberated by the Syrian opposition forces, composed largely of Kurdish …
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