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English Heritage issues plea for memories of elite Polish unit that trained at UK stately home during WWII

The elite special-operations paratroopers were trained in the UK to carry out covert operations, sabotage and intelligence-gathering in occupied Poland. Most of them completed their training at Audley End House, an early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England. English Heritage/Polish Underground Movement (1939–1945) Study Trust, London/Public domain

The Cichociemni, or the Silent Unseen, were elite special-operations paratroopers trained in the UK to carry out covert operations, sabotage and intelligence-gathering in occupied Poland. Most of them completed their training at Audley End House, an early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England, one of the finest Jacobean houses in the UK.

Painting of WWII Polish Paratrooper chosen as unsung gem of British art

Currently housed inside St Andrews Museum, Scotland, and taking approximately seven weeks to complete, the painting depicts a Polish paratrooper who has just landed at Arnhem; from his bag, personal keepsakes have spilled onto the pebbled ground. The artist said: “I wanted the painting to show what the soldier was fighting for: his family; his homeland.”

Poland put on quarantine lists in England and Scotland - ministry

Travellers arriving in England and Scotland from Poland will have to self-isolate for 14 days from early morning on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry has reported, adding that they will also have to provide the address of their stay.

Gorgeous amber chess set returns to Gdańsk after 300 years

The rare set, of which there are only four in the world, came with a hefty price tag: the museum bought it for around 2.4 million złoty (over 0.5 million euros).

Touching WWII love story between Polish musician and Scottish nurse uncovered after discovery of haunting waltz

The melancholy piece entitled A Girl’s Tears by musician Bolesław ‘Bollo’ Ilnicki was found in a Scottish hospital where he composed it for the nurse who had looked after him in 1940.

“It was the best decision:” how a scholarship to school of British royals helped set author on the road to success

With over a 100,000 books sold, Marcin Kozioł is one of the country’s most successful authors, and he owes some of his success to a school in the Scottish highlands.

Hero of 1920 Battle of Warsaw honoured with headstone after 70 years lying in unmarked grave in Scotland

During the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921, Osikowski led Polish soldiers against the Bolshevik troops and in 1920 took command of the Lower Vistula Group, fighting the Bolsheviks in the town of Płock, in central Poland,

Krakow and Edinburgh extend partnership agreement

A partnership agreement between Krakow, southern Poland, and Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, was extended at a ceremony which took place in the latter city during the two-day #KrakowExperience festival, the Polish embassy in London announced on Sunday.

Got a Polish grandparent? Then come and play rugby for Poland

With the sport still a minority game back home the Polish Rugby Union is on the hunt for foreign-born players with Polish grandparent.

GovTech Polska and Scotland's CivTech sign letter of intent

The creation of partnerships based on exchange of knowledge, common values and a common intention, which is the introduction of a digital revolution in public administration, were the main aims enshrined in the letter of intent between Poland's GovTech and Scotland's CivTech.

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