Maria Polachowska

Actor John Lithgow reads a poem from his book "Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown" in honor of No Kings Day Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown To make sure he would never have to step down He wanted a robe made of ermine and velvet The constitution, he wanted to shelve it With impeachment awash his ambition had grown He wanted an orb, a sceptre, a throne Six royal palaces, six royal carriages A church dispensation for six royal marriages Courtiers installed on his own supreme court And royal beheadings if only for sport He craved the occasional royal procession And gasped the eventual royal succession Trumpty Dumpty gets his way Unless the public has something to say If we let him have all of his favourite things We'll have to endure the divine right of king

Today is Holy Monday - the day Jesus threw the merchants and money changers out of the temple. He was incensed at them for commercialising a house of prayer. What would Jesus think of those on this site who see religion as a way to spread hatred and make money?

Absolute bombshell. Pope Leo directly rebukes Pete Hegseth for trying to frame the Iran war as a Christian holy crusade. The Pope declares God will not listen to their prayers because their hands are full of blood. A devastating moral condemnation of the Pentagon.

In March 1981, the events in Bydgoszcz became one of the most serious political crises of communist Poland. The brutal beating of Solidarity activists during a session of the regional authorities on 19 March 1981 shocked public opinion and revealed the true nature of the regime. The so-called Bydgoszcz crisis triggered a wave of nationwide solidarity. Just days later, millions of Poles took part in a warning strike, demonstrating unity and determination in the fight for dignity, workers’ rights, and freedom. Bydgoszcz became the symbolic centre of resistance, proof that a united society could challenge the communist system. 🗓On 30 March 1981, the government reached a compromise with the leaders of the trade union. Solidarity renounced the general strike, in return obtaining, among others, the legalisation of the founding committees of the Farmers’ Solidarity and the promises, never fulfilled, to have the events of 19 March in Bydgoszcz investigated, and an act on trade unions drafted.

A cow escaped her farm in Poland in November and is living her new life. She has been found months later roaming a forest with a herd of European bison. Forest officials say the herd has fully accepted the cow as one of their own. ✨

@PLInst_London Czesc jego pamiec.

Wiesław Myśliwski, one of the greatest contemporary Polish writers, has died. Twice awarded the highest Polish literary accolade, the Nike Literary Award, & many other prizes, his novels were translated into ENG by Ursula Phillips & Bill Johnston. More: tinyurl.com/5ev89e5d

Possibly the richest city in the World then…

FT Exclusive: Hungary recovered and handed over less than a fifth of the funds flagged by Brussels for potential fraud between 2015 and 2024, according to data from EU anti-corruption watchdog Olaf. ft.trib.al/eILgz9t

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From liberal dissident to MAGA darling, Viktor Orbán has undergone quite a transformation. Here’s how the Hungarian leader has brought Budapest back into Moscow’s orbit. 🔗 politico.eu/article/viktor…

The importance of a single tree

“Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal its horrors… I want to teach peace rather than war.” — Albert Einstein, The Saturday Evening Post

▫️Nowe nagranie Petera Magyara🇭🇺

May Queen waits to be crowned while children dance around the maypole in Welford on Avon, England, c1955.🌼 Photo by Paul Popper.

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"We forced Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers.. We promised to protect Ukraine from Russia. We made Ukraine vulnerable. So yes,this is our war." - Bill Clinton 🫡

FSB also says Russians should no longer meet UK diplomats without first coordinating with Russian foreign ministry, including at the embassy, “to avoid negative consequences, incl. criminal liability”. Russians were already wary - this sounds like direct threat.

It's that time of year in Sarfeese Lunnon. Easter Monday sees the Blackheath Morris Men lifting people in chairs outside various Greenwich pubs. Mayday we'll probably see Fowler's Troop & Jack-in-the Green heading off from the Dog and Bell in Deptford - usually middayish

A boy reads in the ruins of a war torn bookshop, London 1940.