Destinations

May Day Parody | Rory MacLean | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

In 1989 I began to write a sensible book on eastern Europe. Then a revolution tore down the Berlin Wall. Fifty years of totalitarianism - first under fascism and then communism - ended almost overnight

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Warsaw: The View From a Stalinist Skyscraper | Neville Walker | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

A little to the north the Old Town stands on the river’s banks, a huddle of red-tiled rooftops on a more intimate scale than the modern city.

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LBJs of Poland | Sarah Anderson | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

Many of the best ‘birding’ sites were in relatively ugly locations – by pumping stations or railway lines and I soon realized that the locality was immaterial to my fellow twitchers

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Going the Whole Hog in Warsaw | Diane Bracuk | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

How I wish I were a dumpling - adored by a still-handsome husband, priming my palate with pig fat, then moving on to the boar cutlet or bacon roulade

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Poland: Poster Child for Free Expression | Diane Bracuk | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

In contrast to the Socialist realism of other Eastern Bloc countries, which pumped out status quo images of hardy, apple cheeked workers, the Polish poster was more than just a propaganda tool.

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The Warsaw Uprising Museum | Diane Bracuk | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

For decades, Stalin suppressed the truth about the Polish Uprising. Now the failed insurrection against the Nazis gets its proper due.

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Once Shabby Warsaw Steps out in Style | Diane Bracuk | Poland, Eastern Poland, Warsaw

When I visited Warsaw for the first time two years ago, I was surprised to find that it wasn't a babushka-backwater. I returned from that trip with a singularly beautiful black linen, triangular skirt, which repeatedly elicited the incredulous compliment, "You got that in Warsaw?"

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