Chris Powers

Chris studied History in the UK. He has come to Warsaw to familiarise himself with Central & Eastern Europe, where he thinks the most interesting historical discoveries will take place. He has got involved with the blog to experiment with different writing styles and try to bring stories from the past to a wider audience

British Euroscepticism – the Boy who cried “Wolf!”

By Chris Powers

The boy who cried wolf’, one of Aesop’s fables, is a staple of childhood. At school, or with their parents, children are asked after finishing “so, what is the moral of the story?” Children going back generations have unfailingly understood from this story that lying is not only a bad thing to do, but […]

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That time the College sent me to the other side of the world

By Chris Powers

For eight days in December, 10 students from the College of Europe (of which 3 from Natolin) were able to sample Japan as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the MIRAI programme, which welcomed around 150 students from all across Europe and Central Asia. The trip to Japan was really

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