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Toy Story with a difference: Husband and wife team wow internet with their ‘hypnotic art creatures'

Jacek and Kasia Anyszkiewicz say that their creations are inspired “by the forest, nature and everything around us.” Jacek and Kasia Anyszkiewicz/Katyushka Art

Jacek and Kasia Anyszkiewicz from Gliwice have been flooded with praise on social media, with their ‘art creatures’ fetching up to $300 (1,280 zł) per piece.

Toy Story: campaign underway to find retro playtime artefacts for PRL exhibition

Appealing to the public to send in both stories and toys, the Nowa Huta Museum has already been flooded with donations for an exhibition that will explore the wonders of childhood.

Poland ninth largest exporter of toys

Poland holds ninth place in a global ranking of toy exporters and is fourth-best in Europe, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), an economic think-tank, has written in a recent report.

Gran-tastic! Retired grannies turn old socks into cuddly toys for sick children

Beginning their venture with stuffed monkeys, the retirees have now expanded their oeuvre to include among other things cuddly cats, dogs and owls for the University Centre of Paediatrics Central Clinical Hospital in Łódź.

Egg-cellent! Girl’s fried egg called Sadzek wins global IKEA comp to become part of its new toy range

The seven-year-old from Poland, who’s egg will be part of the furniture and home appliance’s SAGOSKATT range, beat off competition from over 60,000 entrants who submitted drawings of their dream toy.

Pulled pork! Archaeologists hit the PIG time after digging up Bronze Age children’s toy pigs

Just a few centimetres long with a visible snout and ears, the figurines were discovered at the settlement from around 3,500 years ago encircled by a monumental stone wall – which captured researchers’ interests because it is the oldest of its kind in this part of Europe.

Long arm of the awww! Kind-hearted cops delight lockdown boy with birthday surprise

Upset that he wouldn’t be able to see anyone on his birthday, six-year-old Antoś was delighted when he saw the police and their big blue dog children’s mascot Sznupek waving up at him after they organised a surprise party. 

Award-winning family firm liked by Kim Kardashian on new mission to save Poland’s bees

From their small family-run business high in the Beskidy mountains, Gosia and Wiesiek Borowy’s products are sold in New York's MoMA and Vitra in Germany, Kim Kardashian buys their toys for her children, and they are the recent recipients of the international BuyMeOnce Excellence Award in London for their aesthetic and eco-friendly designs. Now they plan to save bees with their ‘Help the bees! (Be)e your friend’ initiative.

Toy story: how Polish toys went from small-town Silesia to a princess’s bedroom in a London palace

A Polish couple producing hand-made toys have become an international sensation.

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Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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