warsaw

Student life can be intense sometimes (all the time), so I regularly sit on Skyscanner longing for a getaway. Money is usually my biggest drawback, but whilst at uni I’ve managed to go on one European getaway per semester whilst sticking to a very tight yet affordable budget. Here...

The final film to grace the silver screen at the Nottingham International Film Festival was the Polish drama Rage (originally titled W?ciek?o??), directed by Michal Wegrzyn. Set in contemporary Warsaw, Rage follows one traumatic evening in the life of Adam (Jakub Swiderski), an arrogant, privileged, young TV journalist. Something...

A city of conflicting identities, Warsaw is rather mysterious. Romanticism and communism are still very much evident in this proudly urban capital. Understandably, the picturesque Old Town is the most touristic neighbourhood. It seems familiar but is still somewhat elusive; a semblance of Frankish medievalism seeps between the cobblestones...