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Blind Gdańsk sound recordist named one of the most inspiring women in the world

Izabela Dłużyk was chosen by the BBC for its list of the world’s 100 most influential women, saying: “The field recordist is unusual not just because she is a young woman in a profession dominated by men, but because she has been blind since birth.” Izabela Dłużyk/Facebook

VIDEO: Izabela Dłużyk was chosen by the BBC for its list of the world’s 100 most influential women, saying: “The field recordist is unusual not just because she is a young woman in a profession dominated by men, but because she has been blind since birth.”

Cecylia Malik and the Sisters of the River

In the latest Debrief, we’re down in Kraków meeting a very special artist who has made a name for herself in creating the most colourful and inventive ecological protests across Poland and Europe. 

Comic Book Museum in Kraków

The golden era of Polish comic books started in the 1960s. Today its popularity has reached momentum with a whole array of titles being translated to foreign languages.

Uphill struggle for women in academia

A new report published by Warsaw’s Kozminski University shows that women in Polish higher education institutions are having a tough time breaking through to higher academic posts.

Revolt, power and Polish communists after 1945

In this episode of The Debrief, John Beauchamp speaks to Dr Łukasz Bertram, a researcher who has just published a book on the history of Polish communists.

Taking Polish art stateside

Justyna Kisielewicz is a Polish artist who is taking the world by storm through her novel ways of social critique.

Countdown to new Polish History Museum

In this episode of The Debrief, we get the inside details on the new Polish History Museum due to open in September 2023.

At home with heritage

Coming up in this episode, we talk to Dr. Katarzyna Jagodzińska, an academic based in Kraków, about new ways of presenting museum collections as well as the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub.

Lublin hosts Wróblewski retrospective

War-time trauma and direct realism are the keys to a new retrospective of Polish painter Andrzej Wróblewski at the National Museum in Lublin.

Olsztyn – home to ‘mad dogs’ and Englishmen

For this episode, it’s time to put our feet up for a moment. We’re continuing our trek through Olsztyn in north-eastern Poland, and we meet a British expat who has been living in Poland for a fair few number of years.

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