The One and Only Stubborn Guy

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...

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Sep 22, 2022
Our Pet Queen & Polish False Friends

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...

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Sep 15, 2022
Pola Nireńska + rewriting Twitter bios

Hi,A short one this week, as I've been preoccupied with family matters.Polish stuffA few weeks back I helped prepare some of the materials for this online conversation next week at YIVO about Pola Nireńska. It's with Weronika Kostyrko, the author of...

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Sep 08, 2022
Overusing Twitter, land of trolls & journalists

Hello there!Our household had stomach flu this week and it kinda messed up a lot of plans. So I'm mostly just gonna ramble about Twitter this week.Polish stuffDue to the writing course I've been doing, I've been spending a lot of time on Twitter. Lik...

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Aug 25, 2022
YouTube in Poland & Elsewhere

Hello again!Firstly, thank you to all of you who've emailed with your feedback. I really appreciate it! 🤗 It's also helped me realise that although I can receive emails on this address, I can't reply (I thought I had finally fixed this account, argh...

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Aug 18, 2022