Dokładnie 30 lat temu, czyli kilka tygodni po wprowadzeniu stanu wojennego, amerykańska Agencja Informacyjna, solidaryzując się z Polską, nadała film "Żeby Polska była Polską" (Let Poland be Poland), który obejrzało blisko 185 mln widzów na całym świecie - przypomina Marta Tychmanowicz w felietonie... .
Contrary to stereotype, most Poles are sensible and moderate drinkers. The stereotype of the heavy-drinking Englishman abroad is, however, accurate. As part of my dedication to international harmony and understanding, I decided to look in detail at the rules for drinking in the two nations. I expect... .
It's not a secret that English people like beer. Sometimes big groups of English people come to Poland's ancient and beautiful cities where they wander from bar to bar shouting about how much they like beer. What you probably don't know is that there are two kinds of English beer lover. The first... .
Revolutions and uprisings are part of the Polish character. At every revolution and uprising in the last 500 years there has always been a small group of Polish people standing at the front shouting: “We agree with whatever this revolution is about. Now let’s fight!” Poles seem to... .
It has always bothered me that Hasbro has a monopoly on the game Monopoly, especially since the game was originally invented as a moral lesson on the evils of the domination of a market by a single entity. I was, therefore, very pleased to discover that there is a Polish version of Monopoly called... .
I wrote this because somebody asked me what the biggest differences between British and Polish women were. Tackling this kind of subject is about as sensible as playing basketball in a minefield, but I did it anyway. .
If you ask me, the European Union should stop messing around sending suitcases full of cash to Ireland and get on with the important business of consolidating European superstitions. We urgently need a universal and consistent set of irrational beliefs. I can't cope any more. I’ve just managed... .
The man at the door was large, red faced and dressed all in black. He was also swaying slightly. I took an involuntary step backwards out of the vodka fumes. .
Poland leads the world in shower technology. I know this because I have a Polish shower in my bathroom and it's the most extraordinary thing I've even seen in a bathroom anywhere - and I've been to Japan. I don't know when this country decided to stop building bulk freighters and concentrate on... .
I’m a big fan of balconies. In England balconies are seen as something exotic and excitingly Mediterranean, in Poland everybody has one. Even houses with gardens have balconies, which seems positively Sybaritic to a balcony-starved Englishman like myself. When I moved into my first Polish flat... .
- I've watched a lot of television in my time, then I moved to Poland and watched most of it again but with a Polish lector - Jamie Stokes. .
