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Top chef uncovers best Polish restaurants in the UK

Published online this week, and already endorsed by the food writer Tom Parker-Bowles (son of the Queen consort), Damian Wawrzyniak’s Top 10 was created in response to what he sees as a gap in the market and a desire to publicise ethnic restaurants that have often gone under-the-radar. Damian Wawrzyniak

Published online this week, and already endorsed by the food writer Tom Parker-Bowles (son of the Queen consort), Damian Wawrzyniak’s Top 10 was created in response to what he sees as a gap in the market and a desire to publicise ethnic restaurants that have often gone under-the-radar.

Lithuania publishes files of Polish army soldiers deported by USSR

A Lithuanian investigative website has published for the first time the files of 50 Polish Army soldiers who were captured by the Soviets after returning to their homeland in 1951 and deported to remote regions of the Soviet Union.

Powerful ‘Art and Memory’ exhibition brings Polish women’s stories of WWII and deportation to life

VIDEO: Entitled ‘Forgotten Force: Art and Memory’ the collages, sketches and paintings are a poignant artistic interpretation of an oral history project completed earlier this year by the Piłsudski Institute in which six Polish women recalled their wartime memories and their later lives as refugees.

General Anders - On Parade in London

We get the inside info behind the commemoration of one of Poland’s most renowned generals in the UK after several decades since the end of World War II.

Bust of WWII hero General Anders unveiled in historic ceremony at London’s National Army Museum

Standing 1-metre tall, the solid bronze bust by renowned sculptor Andrzej Pityński was unveiled this morning following a fundraising campaign to have the sculpture become part of the museum’s new permanent exhibition of the Allies’ Italian Campaign, in which Anders played a crucial role.

On the road: the extraordinary story of the performing arts troupe that travelled with the Anders Army

Known as The Polish Parade, its entertainers were credited with saving 3,000 Polish POWs from Soviet captivity.

Ten years from her death, TFN remembers the remarkable legacy of Irena Anders

Later known as “the first lady of Polish emigration”, the wife of General Anders was seen by many as “the voice of a nation”. 

Ceremony at Polish war cemetery marks battle of Monte Cassino

May 18 marks the 76th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino in which Polish forces, under the command of General Władyslaw Anders, played a key role.

From Warsaw to Jerusalem: the story of Begin, Israel’s 6th prime minister

TFN looks back on the life and times of Menachem Begin, and how his life in Poland shaped his political career.

Post-WWII artists, painters and singers known as ‘Anders’ Artists’ remembered in stunning new album

The Polish community in Britain is drawing attention to the Polish artists of the era, resulting in the new album entitled “Anders’ Artists. Little Poland on the River Thames”.

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Netflix braces itself for national backlash from diehard fans over its remake of legendary film Znachor

In anticipation of reaction to its modern-day take on the 1982 classic about an outstanding surgeon who loses his memory following an attack, Netflix posted on social media: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Honour, this is Leszek Lichota as Rafal Wilczur. Znachor is coming to Netflix in the second half of the year."

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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