The Distant Barking of Dogs Film Review
Shortlisted for the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature in 2018, The Distant Barking of Dogs vividly presents life near a heavy...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 6
- 3 min
We Need to Talk About Putin Book Review
Putin has convinced many Russians that he has raised their country from its knees. But for how much longer, asks this short book by Mark...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 15
- 4 min
Notes from the Dark Side: Imperium Book Review
In 1917 an entire world went mad; a madness that came to be called the Soviet Union. The persecutions and wars that began with the...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 14
- 4 min
A Frozen Hell: Mr Jones Film Review
Mr Jones film review, Ukraine, 1930s famine, Holodomor, Agnieszka Holland film, eastern Europe cinema
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 3
- 5 min
Back in the USSR: Everything is Illuminated Film Review
"Everything is Illuminated" (2005) is based on the first-time novel by Jewish-American writer Jonathan Saffron Foyer (2001), and it came...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
Krakow in the Time of Corona (Part 2)
Easter's Damp Squib Easter in Poland, as in all deeply Christian countries, is an incredibly important time of coming together and...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 22, 2020
- 6 min
Kraków in the Time of Corona (Part 1)
Adoptive City I have never written a post about my adoptive home city of Kraków on this blog, and indeed I have generally overlooked it...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2020
- 4 min
Trenčín: A Town in Ten Pictures
Overlooked City Slovakia is a country justifiably famed for its beautiful mountain scenery, stunning national parks, lakes and forests,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 9, 2019
- 10 min
A Short Guide to Sandomierz
Sando where? Small town Poland is, by and large, a fairly unremarkable affair. Unlike neighbouring Czech Republic, say, Poland's...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 16, 2019
- 12 min
A Short Guide to Gdańsk
Tumultuous History 'Gdansk' is, by Polish standards, an easy city to pronounce for foreigners. In many other ways though, it is perhaps...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2019
- 8 min
A Short Guide to Lublin
Coming out of the Shadows Long in the shadows of hipper, more well-known destinations in Poland such as Kraków, Wrocław and Warsaw,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 6, 2019
- 7 min
A Short Guide to Olomouc
The Hipster's Choice For many years now, Prague has completely dominated tourism in the Czech Republic, so much so that most other towns...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 4, 2019
- 9 min
A Short Guide to Lviv
A Lion-hearted city There are some cities in Eastern Europe which defy logic. Lviv to Ukrainians, Lwów to Poles, Lvov to Russians,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 23, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Budapest
Elegantly wasted Centre of Europe, grand old dame of the Habsburg Empire, inventor of ‘goulash communism’ and now emerging in the 21st...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 20, 2019
- 9 min
A Short Guide to Eger
Baroque Beauty Hungary, similar to nearby Czech Republic, is a country which is known chiefly for its capital, which dwarfs all other...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 12, 2019
- 7 min
Still Crazy: Communist Tours of Nowa Huta
Out of the box tourism Krakow: a city of dreaming spires, ancient castles, dragons, myths, cobbled streets, cosy bars and coffee shops;...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 9, 2019
- 9 min
Dipping Into Budapest's Thermal Baths
Feeling the therms “This is the place where Budapest comes to chill out,” Laszlo, a banker in Pest, tells me. “many people come here to...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Aug 28, 2018
- 3 min
A Short Guide to Wroclaw's River Odra and Islands
What? Why? Where? Wroclaw's island area is the soul to the Market Square's heart in Wrocław. Home to a growing number of cafes, bars and...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Jul 2, 2018
- 2 min
Łódź - A City in Ten Pictures
Łódź (pronounced 'Woodge') is a city for which the words 'gritty', 'down-to-earth' and 'unpretentious' barely do justice. It's Poland's...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Jun 11, 2018
- 9 min
To Hel and Back - Poland - A Baltic Bike Odyssey (Part 2/4)
Foreword/Disclaimer This blog was originally written as a rather embittered email during a fairly lonely and frustrating bike tour in...
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