june

The romance story of a hearty well-known explorer, who finally, at the age of 62 crosses the Antarctic and the spinster who accompanies him on his journey to the Andes in 1895. Here we have a young Victorian woman’s unconventional romance with a man, who was already married, had various adventures, was disowned by her family, etc. So, what happened in between? Did their romance end when he left for...

O milczących bliźniaczkach świat usłyszał w 1982 roku, gdy toczył się ich proces o podpalenie i kradzież. Siostry, drobne i kruche, nie odezwały się ani słowem, wydały z siebie tylko kilka pomruków, które sąd uznał za przyznanie się do winy. Za kilka aktów wandalizmu, za które ich rówieśnicy dostaliby najwyżej parę miesięcy w zawieszeniu, te wystraszone nastolatki zostały skazane na bezterminowe przymusowe...

Scottish-born author and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) first established himself in the public eye as a writer of children’s books and humorous plays. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. According to historians of Barrie’s life and work, „Better Dead”...

A report from a journey through Africa in 1980. I travelled for over 28 months – From 20th of June 1979 until the end of October 1981. I started with a three month visit to North America. I hitchhiked from New York, across Canada, all the way past the Arctic Circle, to Taktoyaktuk by the Beaufort Sea, and then to Alaska. I took a flight from Anchorage to Seattle and hitchhiked again from...