In ‘Forefathers’ Eve’, Adam Mickiewicz drew on narratives and traditions of the past to articulate a vision of Polishness that spoke to the struggles of the stateless nation. He thus created a drama ...

They are mostly determined by the lunar calendar. There are fifteen days of “shraadh” or pitr-paksh dedicated to our deceased ...

A fifth generation farmer facing the prospect of having to sell part of his South Yorkshire family farm to pay tax has said ...

Adam Mickiewicz’s four-part poetic drama Dziady (Forefathers' Eve), one of the greatest works of European Romanticism, has finally become available in a complete English translation for the first time ...