Click here to read last piece from “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” series Click here to see all the chapters of “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” Dear readers! As you might noticed, I am lagging behind with news from Absurdistan. This is because I went to investigate things on the ground… Ok, I won’t lie to you. To be […]
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Meanwhile in Cuckooland 34
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far So what is all that mess with courts in Poland about? It all has begun when Kaczyński said: “A postulate, that I personally supported, to create National Council of Jurisdiction was an important step on […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 29
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Rejected women can become really desperate. PiS Activist Anna Kamińska is such a women. After her ex-husband, PiS MP, left her and got involved with another lady, she can’t stop with thinking about new ideas […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 28
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far The PiS government has a hard time. It is criticized and boycotted at every opportunity. Literally whole pop-music scene boycotted one of the biggest music festival after PiS tried to interfere with it. Several people […]
Scotland allows Poles like me to have our dream lives
The internet nowadays is full of people who are happy to tell you how to have a good life. One group urges you to join them in leaving the rat race, drop everything and retire to some exotic country where life is cheap and beaches are beautiful. Another group includes motivational speakers who urge you […]
Meanwhile in Cuckooland 13
Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far While across the globe people enjoy the sun at sunny beaches of Santo Subito, capital of San Escobar, a country invented by Polish foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, Poland is hidden under winter blanket of snow, […]
If that’s who we are, we are doomed.
I am trying to avoid being enclosed in my “information bubble”. This is why I am visiting various places in Polish internet, including a popular digg clone – wykop.pl. I want to get an insight into ways of thinking of Poles, who happen to have different views to mine. I have to admit, that recently […]
Is air-pollution problem in Poland really a new thing?
Smog recently became a number one topic in Poland. Internet is full of information about smog alarms and yet another safety limits being exceeded. Of course many people already seeks someone to blame, so no wonder, that it become a hot political topic as well. One could get a feeling that smog in Polish cities […]
Kaczyński’s Golem
I need to take break from my “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” series, as the matter in question is not funny. Jarosław Kaczyński rise to power was build on fuelling xenophobic moods in the society and flirting with extreme right. My first ever piece for Britske Listy was pointing out this very problem. Today, actions of PiS […]
I’m dreaming of a Polish Christmas, not those from Coca-Cola ads.
In the last days of November, I switch my British radio off for good after hearing the voice of George Michael for the first time. The fact that a heartbreak song became a Christmas anthem says a lot about how shallow Christmas became in Anglo-American culture. In Britain you want it all, and you want […]