Polish Cultural Institute in London

The Polish Cultural Institute showcases contemporary #PolishCulture for Britain's multicultural audience. We tweet about exciting cultural events!

[Institut français UK @ifru_london]

Meet @SophieMarceau at the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon!

In Blue Note, George Sand gathers with a circle of artists at her Nohant estate, where a summer day of creativity gives way to simmering tensions.

📅 20 Nov at Ciné Lumière with @PLInst_London
👉 https://t.co/vdfGDOz1Ni

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Don't miss this newly released video from @bletchleypark looking into the Polish role in breaking Enigma - How the Polish Broke Enigma | From Poznań to Pyry

[Bletchley Park @bletchleypark]

How the Polish Broke Enigma | From Poznań to Pyry

One of the questions we’re asked most often is: “Why don’t you talk about the Polish role in breaking Enigma?”

The story of Enigma codebreaking did not begin at Bletchley Park and it’s a story we tell across our site.

Polish mathematicians Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski made the first breakthroughs against Enigma, laying the foundations for the Allied codebreaking effort that followed.

In this video, we explore the remarkable story of how Polish intelligence and cryptanalysts helped crack one of the most secure cipher systems of its time, from Poznań to the Pyry meeting.

Full video on YouTube: https://t.co/Mz2FvfHxGJ

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Poland’s hidden wartime codebreakers - Hear the story of 103-year-old, Ferdynand ‘Fred’ Vanke, the last known surviving Polish codebreaker of the Second World War.

https://t.co/MsX7N4UakJ

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Watch this teaser of an upcoming full video from @bletchleypark looking into how the Poles broke Enigma, featuring insights from historians and experts

[Bletchley Park @bletchleypark]

They cracked the code.

Discover how the Polish broke Enigma.

Full video coming soon 👀

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Don't miss the 3rd POSK Festival of Jazz Voice on the 2nd & 3rd October, with some fantastic artists!

See more details below!

[POSK Polish Centre London @posklondon]

This weekend at the Jazz Cafe Posk

🎶✨ The POSK Festival of Jazz Voice returns!

Join us on the first weekend of October 2026 as we celebrate the excellence, beauty and innovation embodied by the great voices of jazz. 🎤🎷

Now in its 3rd edition, this exciting and still relatively new festival brings together some of the most outstanding vocal talents, performing in their element. 🌟🎶

Let’s once again celebrate the rich and diverse vocal excellence of London together at Jazz Café POSK on 2nd & 3rd October 2026! 🇬🇧🎤✨

📍 Jazz Café POSK
🎟 Tickets and more info: https://t.co/kG7hfu0IJM

🎟️ Don’t miss this celebration of jazz voices! 🎶🔥

[POSK Polish Centre London @posklondon]

🎶✨ The POSK Festival of Jazz Voice returns!

Join us on the first weekend of October 2026 as we celebrate the excellence, beauty and innovation embodied by the great voices of jazz. 🎤🎷

Now in its 3rd edition, this exciting and still relatively new festival brings together some of the most outstanding vocal talents, performing in their element. 🌟🎶

Let’s once again celebrate the rich and diverse vocal excellence of London together at Jazz Café POSK on 2nd & 3rd October 2026! 🇬🇧🎤✨

📍 Jazz Café POSK
🎟 Tickets and more info: https://t.co/kG7hfu0IJM

🎟️ Don’t miss this celebration of jazz voices! 🎶🔥

[European Union in the UK @EUdelegationUK]

Today we are celebrating the diversity of European languages with 500+ students in London!

With the UK back in Erasmus+, new opportunities to learn languages and connect across Europe will open up from 2027.

Organised with @EPinUK, EU27 embassies & cultural institutes.

[Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK]

We're still buzzing from the incredible performances at the Polish Jazz Festival London! 🎷 Huge congrats to the "Warsaw Takeover" artists: Hvmble's noise jazz, Masecki Trio's unorthodox bolero/merengue/Venezuelan waltz twist, and Warsaw Village Band closing out the night! 🎶

[ENRS @enrs_eu]

📅 #OnThisDay in 1939, the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland from the east, per the secret Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact terms, just weeks after NAzi Germany's invasion.
Mass killings and deportations followed, including the groundwork for the 1940 Katyn Massacre.

#WWII

[POSK Polish Centre London @posklondon]

🎶✨ The POSK Festival of Jazz Voice returns! ✨🎶

Join us on the first weekend of October 2026 as we celebrate the excellence, beauty and innovation embodied by the great voices of jazz. 🎤🎷

Now in its 3rd edition, this exciting and still relatively new festival brings together some of the most outstanding vocal talents, performing in their element. 🌟🎶

Let’s once again celebrate the rich and diverse vocal excellence of London together at Jazz Café POSK on 2nd & 3rd October 2026! 🇬🇧🎤✨

📍 Jazz Café POSK
🎟 Tickets and more info: https://t.co/kG7hfu0IJM

🎟️ Don’t miss this celebration of jazz voices! 🎶🔥

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 @PolandMFA]

At dawn on 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of the largest armed conflict in human history.

Eighty-seven years later, we remember all those who gave their lives in defence of their homeland and fought against the invader for their own freedom and that of future generations.

We remember the victims of the Second World War.

We remember, so that history may never repeat itself.

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to get to know visionary Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski.

Check out all the screenings @TheGardenCinema !

[The Garden Cinema @TheGardenCinema]

The Garden Cinema presents the UK's largest retrospective of films by visionary Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. With thanks to @PLInst_London

Screening now:
https://t.co/YoqT0H9vAj

[Bletchley Park @bletchleypark]

🎙️ New Podcast (E194) - Polish Stories

We were proud to celebrate our first Polish Codebreaking Festival in July, welcoming over 2,000 visitors, musicians and Polish community groups.

In this episode, hear from a group of experts including @IainStanden, @claremulley, Dr Marek Grajek, Sir Dermot Turing and Dr Maksym Kempinski as they explore lesser-known stories of wartime heroism, intelligence and codebreaking.

With thanks to the @PLInst_London, @PolishEmbassyUK and Enigma Cipher Centre in Poznań for supporting the festival.

Music performed by the Mazury Dance Company Choir.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Listen here: https://t.co/JtBISVOOCd

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 @PolandMFA]

🇵🇱 Poland’s growing role in Europe is drawing increasing attention from international media.

In a recent article, @Telegraph looks at Poland’s economic growth, military strength and growing political influence - and what this means for its position in Europe.

The full article is available to The Telegraph subscribers.

https://t.co/bmunA8u3TI

[ENRS @enrs_eu]

#OnThisDay in 1939, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, dividing Eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
It enabled the invasion of Poland, the annexation of the Baltic States, and World War Two.

[Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK]

Last weekend, the Orchestra of the University of the National Education Commission wowed London with a performance of "Two Centuries of Polish Music" at Westminster Cathedral Hall, featuring Janiewicz's Violin Concerto No. 5, unheard in the UK for around 200 years. 🇵🇱 🎻

[ENRS @enrs_eu]

📅 Today, 23 August, marks the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes.

This year's #RememberAugust23 hero: Dr. Stefania Perzanowska (1896–1974), who built a hospital for women prisoners inside Majdanek camp, almost from nothing.

https://t.co/rsYoVY3UXQ

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 @PolandMFA]

Over 4 years after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, resilience is built on the front lines and through everyday acts of solidarity. 🛡️

Today, many Ukrainians live in Poland, working, starting businesses and strengthening our economy for our shared future. 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦

See what sectors they work in! 👇📊

#ResilientTogether #BuildingEconomyTogether

[Felix Yaniewicz @yaniewicz]

Oxford concerts tomorrow featuring visiting orchestra from Krakow with a programme including Yaniewicz's 5th violin concerto - entrance is free!
@PLInst_London @culture_pl @WhatsOnOxon

[Polish Embassy UK 🇵🇱 @PolishEmbassyUK]

🇵🇱📚 Polish Embassy Book Club: August!

🛤️ Looking for a short summer read? Discover R. Kapuściński’s Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland – short stories originally published in 1958–61.

He painted vivid portaits of forgotten villages, collective farms & rapidly changing towns.