Chivalry Remembered in the UK: The Old Poles and the New
The “Old Poles” vs. the “New Poles” in the U.K., and where the twain shall meet.
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2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Commentary
2009 — Winter / Interviews
Conversations with … Joanna Czechowska
CR gleaned some background information about Joanna Czechowska, the author of The Black Madonna of Derby, from published interviews. We knew she was born in England to a Polish airman father and an English mother, and that in her early childhood she was not only raised by her Polish grandmother but spend the first ten years of her life in a community with postwar Polish refugees in the UK.
2009 — Winter / Books
The Black Madonna of Derby
An interview with Joanna Czechowska in The Guardian sparked CR’s instant interest in her book, The Black Madonna of Derby. Although her mother was English, Czechowska was raised in her father’s Polish community, complete with Saturday schools, scout groups and dances in the Polish Hall. Since her mother worked, Czechowska was raised by her adored and adoring Polish grandmother, who spoke several languages but none of them English.
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