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Jonathan Lipman

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Jonathan Lipman was born in Oxfordshire, England in 1968. In the 1980s he encountered many temporary émigrés from Eastern Europe - including Russians, Romanians and... Poles. They were visitors to his father's team that pioneered wind energy in the UK. Conversations with them would range far and wide, from the flaws in Capitalism to the evils of Communism, from the corrupt West to the post-Communist "Wild East", from Keynes to Marx and Engels. Little did Jonathan know this would stand him in good stead when, at the age of 25, he'd meet a variety of Eastern Europeans on a course at Oxford University, and fall in love with one of them - a Pole.

After qualifying as a lawyer in 1997, Jonathan married Marzena in Krakow, Poland, and they spent the
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Krakow: The Shock of the Old

We’ve just returned from a first trip to Krakow in three years – a post-pandemic pilgrimage.

On our last trip, and prior visits, Krakow seemed to be in a perpetual state of architectural flux. First, they dug up the stunning central square (“Rynek” or market-place) to reveal Kraków’s past, and created an underground museum (worth a visit). Then the twin towers of the famous Mariacki church were cla

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It’s not Gunter Grass’ fault I chose to read this book 65yrs after it came out. Indeed if I was little Oskar, its protagonist, I’d find some smart remark to make about that - like that’s retirement age so maybe a bit late to pen a review. What it doe ...more
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What I don’t know… is why I was so surprised at Morissey’s lyricism. He, after all, of cheeky and telling lyrics as well as great melodies. But what you do understand from the first page of his autobiography is what a modern-day poet Morissey is. Not ...more
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