romantic

Romantic reading: long-lost travel diaries of Juliusz Słowacki finally published

One of the great names of Polish 19th Century poetry, Słowacki kept two notebooks on his travels – one of which was only discovered in 2010. Public domain

Detailing the Romantic poet’s travels around the Middle East, the diaries have been described as “a ready-made script for a thriller”.

Treely romantic: two trees locked in a lovers’ embrace

The oak and the pine hugging each other, known as the “couple in love”, are protected by law.

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