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Play Poland Film Festival screens Polish cinema UK-wide

Play Poland Film Festival screens Polish cinema UK-wide

Little Rose, General Nil and Mystification among highlights

3 Aug 2011

Film-lovers have reason to be cheerful this month, following news that mobile filmfest Play Poland has landed on our shores. Screenings and events, which began on 2 Aug, will run until 25 Sep throughout Scotland, mostly at the Glasgow Film Theatre and…

The avant garde planet of Boguslaw Schaeffer

The avant garde planet of Boguslaw Schaeffer

An 80-year-old Polish polymath is set to be the discovery of the Fringe, says Mark Fisher

12 Aug 2010

Boguslaw Schaeffer reckons he’s living in the year 2048. It’s as plausible a claim as anything else you could say about this extraordinary Polish octogenarian. His name might not be widely known, yet he has led a breathtakingly creative life. As a…

A Polish Adventure

A Polish Adventure

A mini-trip to make you fall in love

10 Sep 2009

As the anticipation builds for visiting an unknown foreign land, my brain often starts making its own mental images. These are usually a deconstructed, or reconstructed, mish-mash of images already gleaned from travel brochures, the internet and similar…

Polish Cultural Festival

Polish Cultural Festival

1 Mar 2009

We all like to think we’re a bit cultured and sometimes wistfully view life as an exercise in collecting wisdom. But being able to say ‘hello’ in more than three languages and knowing your way around a subtitled film isn’t quite going to win you any…

Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossom

(3 stars)2 Oct 2008

MULTI-MEDIA PLAY Catherine Grosvenor’s Cherry Blossom is an impassioned attempt to represent the experience of Poles migrating to the West, while Lorne Campbell’s direction ensures that the play – performed in English and Polish – is understandable…

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Popular events

Study Day: Szymanowski's Homeland - Europe's Forgotten Orient
Date Location
In a panel organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, contributors rediscover the orient in Szymanowski’s music and, by exploring his work from a post-colonial perspective, add a new dimension to our understanding of this cultural icon.
View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
16 Aug 5pm The Hub, Edinburgh

Popular places

Bigos
277 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8PD
There is a home-spun image created by the rough hewn wooden word 'Bigos' nailed on to the front of this tiny restaurant. And despite the dangerous looking agricultural implements and animal skins hanging on the walls, Bigos does without doubt have a…
Deli Polonia
235–241 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8NY
Malina
166 Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 7PB
Crafting Polish and Eastern European delicacies, Malina offers a sophisticated hideaway in upmarket Hammersmith. Brimming with country-style elegance, the dining room features long benches scattered with plush cushions, and cutesy raspberry murals.
Tatra
24 Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12 8DH
Opened by Polish couple Sylwia Judycka and Robert Kusy in October 2008, Tatra offers modern Polish and East European cuisine to locals, visitors and shoppers in Shepherd's Bush, alongside a wide selection of vodkas, including the fantastic homemade…