Christopher Lash
@chrislashhist.bsky.social
Historian of Poland and CEE in the world based in Warsaw, Poland. Might be the odd political skeet here and there. Private views
Russia's over there (thus the obligatory black clouds 😉). At a little village called Piaski (Nowa Karczma) at the Polish Baltic Sea coast very close to the border
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Russia's over there (thus the obligatory black clouds 😉). At a little village called Piaski (Nowa Karczma) at the Polish Baltic Sea coast very close to the border
Some analysis of the first round of the Polish Presidential elections. Lots to chew over. First Trzaskowski's result is very disappointing and you'd have to say that Nawrocki has the momentum going into the second round in 2 weeks /1
May 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Some analysis of the first round of the Polish Presidential elections. Lots to chew over. First Trzaskowski's result is very disappointing and you'd have to say that Nawrocki has the momentum going into the second round in 2 weeks /1
New from me, an article related to my PhD research on forced displacement at the end of World War Two in Poland. It can be found here, pp. 25-49 (free to download) mysl.lazarski.pl/mysl/issue/v...
May 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New from me, an article related to my PhD research on forced displacement at the end of World War Two in Poland. It can be found here, pp. 25-49 (free to download) mysl.lazarski.pl/mysl/issue/v...
Terrible smog in Warsaw today (it's been awful for the last few days in terms of air quality)
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Terrible smog in Warsaw today (it's been awful for the last few days in terms of air quality)
Re: a potential European army, one interesting thing in the Polish context is that Kaczyński (no fan of a federal Europe!) is a fan of a federal European army, he's publicly supported it a number of times (this is from 2017) forsal.pl/artykuly/103...
February 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Re: a potential European army, one interesting thing in the Polish context is that Kaczyński (no fan of a federal Europe!) is a fan of a federal European army, he's publicly supported it a number of times (this is from 2017) forsal.pl/artykuly/103...
For all you primate lovers out there
February 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
For all you primate lovers out there
We are all that guy
February 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We are all that guy
Further to this, it may be too late, but the East of the continent seems to finally be speaking Macron's language unherd.com/newsroom/mun...
February 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Further to this, it may be too late, but the East of the continent seems to finally be speaking Macron's language unherd.com/newsroom/mun...
Reading this great long essay by Ryszard Kapuściński about South Africa from 1963 and all I can think of is Elon Musk
February 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reading this great long essay by Ryszard Kapuściński about South Africa from 1963 and all I can think of is Elon Musk
I've got it! Rubio is Chemical Ali
February 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I've got it! Rubio is Chemical Ali
Katowice train station (with added palm trees), 1960s
January 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Katowice train station (with added palm trees), 1960s
Another nail in the coffin for Tusk being the great Liberal hope (if any of you still thought he was) www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
January 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another nail in the coffin for Tusk being the great Liberal hope (if any of you still thought he was) www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science lit up in the summer of 1955. Photo: Zbyszko Siemaszko
January 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science lit up in the summer of 1955. Photo: Zbyszko Siemaszko
David Lynch in Łódź, Poland in 2000. Photo: M. Zubrzycki
January 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
David Lynch in Łódź, Poland in 2000. Photo: M. Zubrzycki
Ha! Civic Platform Presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski met up with notorious disco polo singer Zenek Martyniuk when he visited northeastern Poland and now the Polish right are calling him a traitor
January 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ha! Civic Platform Presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski met up with notorious disco polo singer Zenek Martyniuk when he visited northeastern Poland and now the Polish right are calling him a traitor
Concrete playground, Tychy, Poland built in the 1970s. Photo by Troy Litten
January 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Concrete playground, Tychy, Poland built in the 1970s. Photo by Troy Litten
RIP David Lynch. There was a 'Polish side' to him. He often visited the Camerimage film festival. Here he is in Bydgoszcz in 2012
January 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
RIP David Lynch. There was a 'Polish side' to him. He often visited the Camerimage film festival. Here he is in Bydgoszcz in 2012
Btw, for Polish readers, there is a brilliant book about these smaller Polish cities and their post-1989 experiences. It's called 'Miasto Archipelag' by Filip Springer. It deals with cities which were formerly capitals of Polish provinces and lost this status due to administrative reform in 1998
January 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Btw, for Polish readers, there is a brilliant book about these smaller Polish cities and their post-1989 experiences. It's called 'Miasto Archipelag' by Filip Springer. It deals with cities which were formerly capitals of Polish provinces and lost this status due to administrative reform in 1998
Here is a list of cities in Poland between 200 and 100,000 people (actually there are five more to be added, Tarnów, Chorzów and Koszalin, Kalisz and Legnica). Many people outside of Poland will have never heard of those cities.
January 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Here is a list of cities in Poland between 200 and 100,000 people (actually there are five more to be added, Tarnów, Chorzów and Koszalin, Kalisz and Legnica). Many people outside of Poland will have never heard of those cities.
Early January mood in Poland. Photo: A. Le Garsmeur, Warsaw, 1979
January 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Early January mood in Poland. Photo: A. Le Garsmeur, Warsaw, 1979
Jeszcze świątecznie
January 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Jeszcze świątecznie
Beautiful light today on our walk
January 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Beautiful light today on our walk