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Books: How To Look Natural In Photographs

Features 30 April 2021 0

Providing a sinister glimpse into Poland’s totalitarian past, a new book compiled by Beata Bartecka and Łukasz Rusznica sheds light on the extreme methods used by the country’s secret services to spy on its people. Ironically titled How to Look Natural in Photographs, the idea for the book first...

The Warsaw Reading List

Features 3 October 2016 0

Where once English-language sections of bookstores were dominated by ‘the war’, today an increasingly diverse range of titles do their bit to expose the different faces of the Polish capital. Polish Pills Fanny Vaucher Accompanied by the author’s own witty illustrations, Polish Pills views Warsaw through the eyes of...

Radio Telewizja

Shopping 5 September 2016 0

It’s not always easy trying to engage and connect with this city but Radio Telewizja move you a few steps closer with a range of literature that cover topics from local (and international) art and architecture to contemporary history. Tinged with a retro 60s atmosphere (including furniture passed down...

Pępek Sztuki

Shopping 3 September 2016 0

Nestled inside Ujazdowski Castle, Pępek Sztuki laregly devotes itself to important looking art tomes and heavy coffee table statement pieces. But there is also balance to this literary refuge, with titles relating to history, science, culture and lifestyle also represented. You could spend all day browsing, and by the...

Super Salon

Shopping 26 March 2014 0

A person I met here once accused Warsaw of not being a “real city” because it lacked a Prada store. Not being able to relate to the statement I laughed, replying only that I thought Warsaw wasn’t a real city because of the absence of a reputable magazine store. I...