No doubt you are all making your way through the books you got as Christmas presents. But did you ever stop to think why a certain book has been chosen for you? Out of the thousands of books on offer ...

One fifth of the people in Silesia are obese. Shocked? So was I when I found out. Where are these slobs? I rarely see fatties when I'm out and about. The mothers in the park are toned and taut, their ...

Now that I’m an Irishman living in Gliwice, I really should make an attempt to learn Polish. Thing is, the Polish language is damn difficult. It makes Chinese Mandarin seem almost ridiculously easy. I ...

Add Thousands To Your House Price By Listening To Me! The Polish National Obsession is... Slippers. Slippers... Jesus Christ, the biggest insult you can give a Polish person is to walk into their ...

I go to the park almost everyday with my daughter. We have great fun. She's a local celebrity, for some reason she's very popular, men and women of all ages come and shake her hand and talk to her.

Last week I said it was more likely for a Polish woman in her forties to be attacked by a bear than find a husband. Well, I've tried online dating and I was wrong. It is more likely that a single ...

One of the biggest things I miss from Ireland is the Pop-In. I miss doing it and I miss it being done to me. So this column is a desperate plea - Pop-In to me! Do the Pop-In! And don't be angry when I ...

One of my Irish friends who visited last week is a retired UN army officer. His great uncle, like thousands of Irishmen, died fighting for the British Army in WW1 and when he visited his grave in the ...

I've just come back from a wedding and it was a blast! Full of day-glo, technicolour, Polish people, living it up, shaking it loose and burning the midnight oil - wow! The church bit was fine; the ...

Pregnant Polish women will argue during the first trimester, they can't help it and there is nothing a man can do about it. There is only one thing worse than an argument with a pregnant Polish woman ...

There are those of the opinion that some things in Poland are so obviously crap, you have to ignore them. Trains for example - so pathetic, that attacking them is like kicking a homeless man in the ...