Glasgow has seen biggest snowfall in years. About 15-20 centimetres. I often mocked Britain for its inability to tackle even a little sprinkle of snow. But that was when it was indeed just a sprinkle. Now, with that amount of snow, it is no longer laughing matter. It is a SNOW ARMAGEDDON. And so, the […]
Author: Tomasz Oryński
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “Possessed Satanists are often wonderful people, polite, well-behaved. (…) I exorcised a priest possessed by a daemon of intellectualism. He seemed extraordinary, intelligent. The devil was well-conspired in him”. This is an excerpt from the […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 58
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far It seems that when it comes to Polish-Israeli relations, the Polish government have decided to come with Final Solution – that is, they are willing to destroy any good relations we had with Israel and […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 57
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far This week Wrocław celebrates a victory in the online contest for “Best European Destination 2018”. It has gathered more votes than London, Lisbon or Prague. It has been possible thanks to the voters from 146 […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 56
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “Let’s act quick, before we realise it makes no sense!” – this is one of the most famous quotes from Julien, the king of lemurs from the popular cartoon Madagascar (at least from the Polish […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 55
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Yet again, Polish diplomacy raises from it’s knees only to hit it’s head hard in the corner of the table. This time they managed to enrage everyone – the West, the Jews and both sides […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 54
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “For Adolf Hitler and our country – three times Sieg Heil!”. Those words came from prime time TV program in Poland recently. And it was not a historical movie. It was a recent documentary in which […]
“Driving in the snow is impossible. Period”
I always loved winter driving. When I lived in Poland, I was taking every opportunity to drive out of the town, or to have some winter fun on the empty supermarket car park. But since I live in the UK, I do it less and less often. And it’s not even because there is rarely […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 53
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far When I submitted my last week‘s piece I was met with editor’s reaction “the government has been reshuffled, it’s important, you cannot omit that from your piece!”. I was of a different opinion: I […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Christmas in Poland went rather peacefully. Not much was going on in Politics. Although the legend, that animals and pets speak in human voice on Christmas Eve proved to be just a fairy tale, the […]