Hi,Due to my children's near constant illnesses this week, I've had very little time to myself to think clearly and put together a coherent newsletter for you.Instead here is a photo of a sculpture by Marek Zulawski, a piece that perfectly captures t...

Hello,This week, as a way of distracting myself from the anxiety of suddenly living with two children, I started rooting around in the massive piles of papers we have at the family home in London. It has inspired a new section that I will feature reg...

Hi,We welcomed a new member of the family this weekend.Meet Gloria!Gloria's appearance a month ahead of schedule has meant little time at computers, so this week's email will be very short.Ebook updateThe ebook of Marek's diaries & illustrations...

Hello hello,Three short thingies for you today. Hope you enjoy them - if you do, consider forwarding this email to a friend. They will definitely love you forever.Taking a wok to PolandA friend brought this story to my attention last week and I am ev...

Hello,Welcome to the first proper Translating Marek newsletter. It's about Polish-English culture, as well as translation and language and Marek Zulawski-related things. I just made a landing page for signing-up to it which you can forward to people...

Hello, my friend,Despite my announcement last week, I haven't split this newsletter into two different ones just yet - I’ve been without my laptop and creating new email funnels on my phone is too much of a pain. Putting this newsletter together at a...

Hello and welcome to the Polish-English Procrastilearning megamix thingy,Polish stuffA few weeks ago, I wrote about the big Witkacy exhibition now on in Warsaw and mentioned a painting of my grandmother Kazimiera Żuławska that I noticed was absent fr...

Hi, it's me again,Polish stuffFirst off, many thanks to the reader who sent me this Polish cover of Frank Sinatra's My Way by Stachursky, the same guy that did the Chesney Hawkes thing from last week. The new Polish title Żyłem Jak Chciałem immediate...

Well hello,First off, somebody wrote to me asking if there was a recording of that conversation at YIVO about Pola Nireńska that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. The answer is yes! You can find it here.Polish stuffElsewhere, I was quite amused this...

Hi,The Queen died a few hours after I sent out my last newsletter. Sad news and certainly a seismic change for the UK.Other than The Queue, the most fascinating consequence is how you realise nobody really remembers the Queen not being around. You ha...