The excellent film 'Das Boot', especially the iconic scene in which the U-boat sinks to below it's supported depth and then resurfaces and the diesel engine roars to life is the best possible illustration

An interview with a mercenary who fought in the Congo Crisis and in Yemen, revealing many intriguing details about the nature of a his work and the conflicts he took part in. Worth a watch!

The Beguinage by Urushibara Mokuchu (漆原木虫) A great print of an interesting building, in turn representing an interesting religious movement. Below a beguinage in Bruges, perhaps the one pictured by Urushibara.

When reflecting on the influence of new borders one should first understand the mindset of the people who drafted them, and, while it would not be nonsensical to ascribe authorship of the Versailles order

While Hungarians strived to regain a multinational state, the young Ukrainian nation was determined to form a state for the first time in history. The partition of Ukraine between two new political organisms,

The question posed can be answered in at least two major ways. One would be to describe the processes that were triggered by the establishment of borders in regions that were ethnically complex and prove

President Andrzej Duda at the premier of Historia Roja, shaking hands with the director (author Stach Leszczyński, PAP) Sometimes the story of a film's production can be more valuable then its content.

Andrzej Wajda's 1976 Człowiek z Mamuru (Man of Marble, see above) is a film shot not only about time but in time. The story of a young film-maker who decides to do her dissertation on a mysteriously

The years after the second World War in Britain were spent forging a new social consensus, modifying the pre-war class relations. The battle brotherhood of the classes over time became a new national myth,

I came across a series of interesting videos called Look at Life. I'm of British heritage. My grandfather and grandmother are from Kent, England. They came to Canada in their 20s and made the trip across

When Ernst Junger (pictured above) wrote his account of the hellish reality of the first World War he couldn't have foreseen the cult status his work will achieve for National Socialist youth in the Weimar

[Текст на српском] The history of physical exercising and the Sokol movement in Serbia is a significant part of the general history of the Serbian society and cultural heritage, and yet, it does not hold

Słyszałem kiedyś o restauracji w Tokio, w której małpy są kelnerami. Ja w lokalu, który prowadzę w Rzeszowie mogę co najwyżej zatrudnić kota. Zresztą był kiedyś jeden taki. Gości nie obsługiwał, ale mordował

Perhaps not the best photo, but this one is also quite lively. It's a mongrel breed closely related to the Green-legged Partridge, native to Poland and known for its good quality eggs and white eggshells,

A hen not popular among breeders as it is small, lays small eggs and is quite intelligent, intent on escaping. The breed is Polish, apparently from around the town of Tęczynek.