Stanley Bill
By pursuing its conservative agenda, PiS has pushed Polish society in a more liberal direction.

Culture, Insights, Politics, Society
Stanley Bill
By pursuing its conservative agenda, PiS has pushed Polish society in a more liberal direction.
Roman Broszkowski
It is unclear how much progress will be made under the incoming coalition.
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Explainers, Insights, Politics, Society
Tom Diserens
Tom Diserens discusses the environmental threats to the Białowieża forest and the associated political battle with the European Union.
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles studies possible outcomes of the European Union forcing migrants from Muslim countries on Poland.
Explainers, Insights, Politics
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill discusses Jarosław Kaczyński’s grand vision for Poland, the ideological basis on which it stands, its effects, and prospects for success.
Siobhan Doucette
Siobhan Doucette discusses the figure of Solidarity hero Lech Wałęsa and the accusations that he informed on fellow dissidents to the SB.
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill discusses Poland’s place in the new international system of Donald Trump and Brexit.
Culture, Insights, Politics, Society
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles discusses the Wołyń massacres, the subject of a new film, and how they remain an obstacle to cordial Polish-Ukrainian relations.
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill examines how the PiS government engages in martyrology and seeks to privilege the narratives of Poles who helped saved Jews; a new museum opens in the village of Markowa.
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles highlights one of Poland’s liberal rising stars – Robert Biedroń – and discusses how his sexuality might hurt his chances for higher office.
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles discusses the dynamic of xenophobia directed towards Polish immigrants in Britain in the wake of the Brexit referendum announcement.
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles examines a new plaque placed alongside the infamous Jewish ritual murder painting in the Sandomierz Cathedral, proposing that the plaque represents both a sign of positive progress and a missed opportunity to offer a more honest appraisal of a dark episode in the history of the town and the Catholic Church in Poland.
Stanley Bill reviews Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and remarks on accusations of stereotyping and antisemitism
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Weronika Strzyżyńska is currently studying journalism at Goldsmiths as a Scott Trust Bursary recipient. She has written on issues immigration and Brexit for New Statesman and Prospect
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Agnieszka Wądołowska is managing editor of Notes from Poland. She has previously worked for Gazeta.pl and Tokfm.pl and contributed to Gazeta Wyborcza, Wysokie Obcasy, Duży Format, Midrasz and Kultura Liberalna”
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Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland and assistant professor of history at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications, including Foreign Policy, POLITICO Europe, The Independent and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
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Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland.
He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, where he works on Polish culture, politics and history.
Stanley has spent more than ten years living in Poland, mostly based in Kraków and Bielsko-Biała. He founded Notes from Poland in 2014 as a blog dedicated to personal impressions, cultural analysis and political commentary. He is committed to the promotion of deeper knowledge and understanding of Poland.
He is the Chair of the Board of the Notes from Poland Foundation.
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Professor of European Studies at Oxford University
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Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, member of the Polish parliaments
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