Marta Zboralska
@marta-zboralska.bsky.social
Art historian. Currently working on a book about visual art and Witold Gombrowicz
Have these people not had any history lessons? Do they not realise what this sounds like?!
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Have these people not had any history lessons? Do they not realise what this sounds like?!
I wanted to check which colleagues were invited to participate but, alas, all I can find is "an array of leading art historians." You would think art historians should play a central role in documentaries about artists; then again, what do I know.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I wanted to check which colleagues were invited to participate but, alas, all I can find is "an array of leading art historians." You would think art historians should play a central role in documentaries about artists; then again, what do I know.
Uh-oh… (Academic job ad.)
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Uh-oh… (Academic job ad.)
Something for all the Donald Tusk fans in the West, who adore him simply because he's not Law and Justice. This is what he actually thinks.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
![Mass migration, in Tusk’s view, poses a less acute but still profound danger to Europe. The Schengen area, which was once the object of so much Polish idealism, is now riven with border patrols and checkpoints, while Germany is turning virtually all asylum seekers back at its frontier, much to Tusk’s chagrin.
“When we are talking about the biggest threats, maybe not for Poland, but first of all, for the West, and for the EU as a whole, it is migration, these more and more difficult ethnic and cultural relations inside our societies — not in Poland, maybe, but for sure in your country, in France, in Germany,” he said.
“In such a context [managing irregular migration], you have only bad choices. Sometimes you have to take tough measures if you want to fulfil your most important obligation, which is the protection of your society, border, and territory. And this is why it is so difficult for almost all the countries in Europe.”
A big part of the problem, Tusk said, is the rigid and expansive interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Poland, together with Italy and Denmark, has been openly pushing for reform of the Strasbourg court that stewards it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lhj5duo65durmplzjv55ewhd/bafkreihqfxkdqpgiebzcqeu3fnua3k5aqnf7eomfkzc7bh2yzj23pth2x4@jpeg)
![“Yesterday I spent an hour speaking with Giorgia Meloni, Mette Frederiksen [the Italian and Danish prime ministers] and the others about the possibility of deporting convicted criminals, rapists or terrorists,” Tusk said.
“In some countries it’s still impossible because of these very traditional verdicts from the courts that human rights are much more important than security. I’ve been very blunt and even brutal with my colleagues. We cannot wait for these changes. We have to act now.”
Yet Tusk is also sympathetic to the more radical answer proposed by the Reform and Conservative parties in the UK: if the 46 signatories to the convention cannot agree on how to modernise it, he said, it is quite reasonable to think about simply leaving it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lhj5duo65durmplzjv55ewhd/bafkreic44ym6udcuiqupdz2ta5gcjsytv4ncqf5wp2cpzci2tzopktr5d4@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Something for all the Donald Tusk fans in the West, who adore him simply because he's not Law and Justice. This is what he actually thinks.
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
I did not realise that the former president of Columbia who invited the NYPD to pacify protesting students and left her role following a vote of no confidence from faculty is now the UK prime minister’s chief economic adviser.
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I did not realise that the former president of Columbia who invited the NYPD to pacify protesting students and left her role following a vote of no confidence from faculty is now the UK prime minister’s chief economic adviser.
Numerous pregnant women have died as a result. All Polish women know who Izabela was. They are scared.
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Numerous pregnant women have died as a result. All Polish women know who Izabela was. They are scared.
This is completely untrue. I went to primary school (in Poland) with someone who had very serious behavioural issues that would sometimes cause huge disruption. We had a support teacher at the back of the classroom at all times that would sit with this student to assist them.We got used to it fast.
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This is completely untrue. I went to primary school (in Poland) with someone who had very serious behavioural issues that would sometimes cause huge disruption. We had a support teacher at the back of the classroom at all times that would sit with this student to assist them.We got used to it fast.
Something I find interesting as a non-native speaker of English: the distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ appears to have largely disappeared, even in more formal contexts. 20 years ago, this is the kind of thing English teachers would use to catch out learners; I wonder if this has changed?
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Something I find interesting as a non-native speaker of English: the distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ appears to have largely disappeared, even in more formal contexts. 20 years ago, this is the kind of thing English teachers would use to catch out learners; I wonder if this has changed?
I’m sure all will be well in Birmingham though!
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I’m sure all will be well in Birmingham though!
In 2025, do we really still have to do the whole cyrillic thing…
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
In 2025, do we really still have to do the whole cyrillic thing…
This must be one of the dumbest non-arguments I’ve ever seen in the Guardian.
October 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This must be one of the dumbest non-arguments I’ve ever seen in the Guardian.
Important news from Zedel
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Important news from Zedel
I mean COME ON.
September 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I mean COME ON.
Very sad news from the University of Essex.
www.artexchange.org.uk
www.artexchange.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Very sad news from the University of Essex.
www.artexchange.org.uk
www.artexchange.org.uk
Sharing some recipes in today’s @vittles.bsky.social 😈 If you were horrified by Iga Świątek’s strawberry pasta, you’re not ready for this one. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/cooking-fr...
September 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sharing some recipes in today’s @vittles.bsky.social 😈 If you were horrified by Iga Świątek’s strawberry pasta, you’re not ready for this one. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/cooking-fr...
Coming soon.
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Coming soon.
I grew a single wild strawberry from seed.
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I grew a single wild strawberry from seed.
What a time to be studying for the Life in the UK test.
September 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What a time to be studying for the Life in the UK test.
I love that you can claim what looks like MAGA cat food. I guess it’s a meat-only diet after all
August 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I love that you can claim what looks like MAGA cat food. I guess it’s a meat-only diet after all
At the airport, trying to log into the immigration system to prove my status, and the website is not loading 👍 it’s not like anyone warned the government about this…
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
At the airport, trying to log into the immigration system to prove my status, and the website is not loading 👍 it’s not like anyone warned the government about this…
Excellent show at the Museum of Warsaw — The Summer that Changed It All: The Festival of 1955
August 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Excellent show at the Museum of Warsaw — The Summer that Changed It All: The Festival of 1955