Culture

Artem Chekh is everywhere these days. From the lecture circuit at prestigious universities in the west to topping best-seller charts all over Eastern Europe, this writer-turned-soldier has a [...]

The first and only novel of Andrzej Bursa, Killing Auntie tells the absurd story of a character who is all too familiar to a young reader (until the parricide) – he is at the encore of [...]

I was able to sit down with one of the most prolific duos to illustrate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – the Dilakian brothers. Hovik and Gagik are New York-based Armenian-American artists who [...]

Batumi sea port, Georgia / Zadig Tisserand Migratory birds stopping over at a Black Sea port taste the once-clear water polluted by the metal giants, coming and going unceasingly as they [...]

What first comes to my mind when I think about Christmas in Poland is tradition and family. However, there is not just one recipe for a traditional Polish Christmas. Despite the influence of [...]

One of my favourite things about the upcoming holidays is the amount of time I can spend on reading. Every year, I find at least one book under the Christmas tree and usually, I finish it before [...]

First and foremost, Anna Starobinets’s memoir Look at Him is a testament to the sorrow of losing an unborn child. As such, it’s intended to comfort women and families suffering through the same [...]

The Great Nijinsky is a tragic tale of one of the greatest dancers of the early 20th century. Vaslav Nijinsky was a Polish dancer and choreographer whose works and legacy far overshadow his short [...]

In February this year, before Covid put a stop on travel, I went to Budapest for a field trip  focusing on monuments and memory. Present in most street names and squares, I was amazed by the [...]

The ruling party in Poland aims to consolidate its core constituency and convince the unconvinced. Thus, the Law and Justice (PiS) Party is portraying itself as a party in the countryside. A [...]