Catherine Lucy Czerkawska was born in Leeds of Polish parents and has spent some time in Poland, including a year as a lecturer in English at Wroclaw University.
My dear friends, I have been thinking about you and wondering if you were worried about us. What can I tell you? It isn’t good, but it’s better than it was, politically. Economically it is bad, but it was bad before. Now at least we know all about it.
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