Historia

The London City Hall is looking for archival photographs depicting everyday life of the Polish community in the British capital as part of the #MyLondyn campaign. It is an element of the campaign commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.more

Stonehenge is celebrating a century of belonging to the nation with music, art, an inflatable stone circle and an anniversary tea party. English Heritage and artist Jeremy Deller were holding a day of events on Friday to mark 100 years since Cecil Chubb and his wife Mary donated the stone circle to the nation, beginning its transformation from neglect to national monument.more

Yesterday at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London took place a conference entitled "Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891-1993): diplomat, politician, writer and statesman", organized by the Embassy and the Institute of National Remembrance in tribute to the President of the Republic of Poland in Exile Edward Raczyński on the 25th anniversary of his death.more

Faithful "Private Wojtek", a 6ft tall, 500lb brown bear who served alongside Polish soldiers - and lived out his years after the war in Edinburgh Zoo -will now be honoured with his own special day. more

Auschwitz officials are trying to identify three teenage girls who performed a Nazi salute outside the "gate of death" to the World War II death camp.more

In the British press, the term "Polish camp" appeared with reference to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German camp based in Poland. It was also used by "Metro" journal. The Polish embassy in London intervened.more

The oldest human remains in Poland have over 100,000 years. These are hand bones belonging to the Neanderthal child, which were digested by a large bird. The remains were found in Jaskinia Ciemna (Lesser Poland).more

The Polish tall ship "Dar Młodzieży" arrived to the port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta as a part of celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Polish Independence Restauration.more

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday the European Union was not the same as the Soviet Union after her foreign secretary provoked anger by likening the 28-member bloc to the USSR.more

MI6's assistance to Vladimir Putin during his rise to power, whereby it ensured that Tony Blair attended a social event with him, is now regretted, its former head has admitted.more

Today, the fifth expedition set off from Gdynia in search of the wreck of the warship ORP "Orzeł" lost in May 1940. A group of a few wants to study about 600 sq m of the North Sea floor near the coast of Scotland. The cruise will take 14 days.more

"Przystanek Historia" in London was inaugurated - a project organized by the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland.more

A quirky Haringey house, a Stirling Prize-nominated apartment block with wicker balconies and the new home of New Scotland Yard are among the buildings that open up their doors to the public next month, as part of Open House London.more

Enigma - the most famous encryption machine will go to the collections of the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw. Funds for this purpose were provided by the American technology company Prescient to the capital institution. The exhibit will be visible after opening the permanent seat of the museum in 2021.more

14 Henrietta Street is the city's newest museum, and a rabbit hole of social history, writes Pól Ó Conghaile.more

The 93-year-old officer of the AK and a member of Kedyw Stanisław Aronson warned in a comment for the British daily The Guardian before repeating the mistakes that led to the Holocaust, while criticizing attempts to manipulate history in Poland.more

The contribution made by Polish fighter pilots volunteering with the RAF during the Second World War is being honoured with a movie.more

The nephew of the cryptologist Alan Turing, Sir Dermot Turing, assessed that breaking the Enigma cipher was possible only thanks to the unprecedented cooperation of Polish, British and French cryptologists. "No country would do it alone" - he stressed.more

A team hunting for the remains of a wartime Polish submarine are to launch a new expedition to locate the vessel - and establish whether it was mistakenly sunken by a British warplane.more

The BBC has put together a virtual reality recreation of a Lancaster bombing raid from September 1943 alongside commentary from a reporter who actually flew on the mission.more

On September 15, 2018, we will celebrate the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - a battle that determined the fate of World War II. On this occasion, for the fourth time, Hurricane of Hearts undertook the project of distribution of stickers with the air chessboard pattern 1921-1993more

A monument commemorating the Polish mathematician and cryptologist Henryk Zygalski was unveiled in Chichester, south east of England yesterday. He was one of the Poles who were the first to break the code of the German encryption machine.more

Westerplatte was supposed to stay for less than a day. Only thanks to the attitude of the soldiers this small and isolated piece of Poland for a week withstood the attack of twenty times stronger German forces.more

The soldier of the 12th Podolski Uhlans Regiment, a veteran from Monte Cassino, 94-year-old Józef Kowalczyk, returned to his homeland after 78 years of emigration, received veteran qualifications and sought to restore Polish citizenship.more

Britain's record-breaking heatwave might be over for now. But the country's soaring temperatures have left a parting gift for archaeologists looking to uncover England's buried history.more