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Top Five: Pierogi in Krakow

Cheap and filling, it’s sometimes hard to separate the Polish pierog from hard times under the Communist hammer… but with exotic fillings increasingly en vogue the doughty dumpling is reinventing itself as a decidedly bourgeois treat. Simon Taylor samples the best in Krakow, old and new.
There’s no denying that the Poles love their pierogi (dumplings). [...]

No Country For Old Men…

…but plenty of dubstep and pounding techno. James Ashford packs his zimmerframe and heads to Bloc Weekend; one of numerous UK festivals that cater for Old Age Party-goers. (Photos by Freya Van Lessen).
So I’m dozing in a slightly musty tent, my legs still caked in mud from the night before, when the familiar far off [...]

Rockin’, Ravin’ & Misbehavin’: Festival Guide 2010

As the fug lifts, the alcohol-to-blood ratio in your veins resumes normal service, and that rash resolution to go to the gym three times a week kicks in, you may find your first impressions of 2010 are fairly bleak. Especially if you made a prat of yourself at the office Christmas party…
What we all need [...]