Tag: poland
ANZAC Day repost: Dreams from my Grandfather at the Bridge Too Far
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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Those Polish death camps
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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While Chrenkoff Slept
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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Star Wars has always been a leftie fantasy
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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Happy birthday Poland!
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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White Eagle over Raqqa
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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Still occupying their thoughts
Another anniversary I missed yesterday, in addition to the Che Execution Day (OK, I didn’t miss it; just was too busy tidying up the yard to blog about it on …
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Rosary a day keeps Islam away
On Saturday, 7 October, somewhere between 100,000 and a million Poles (numbers vary between the sources) lined up along Poland’s borders with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, …
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European notes
I love the airports. I know that many if not most people hate them, finding them tiresome and often chaotic, a nuisance you have to put up with on the …
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