“A black eagle on a gold background, a silver ribbon across the eagle’s chest, a silver cross in the middle” is the official description of the recently accepted flag and emblem of the region of Lower Silesia. In fact, after a ten-year-long bickering, the local politicians have just decided to adopt the mediaeval Silesian symbol of the two Henryks – The Bearded and The Pious – as the safest option for the voivodship’s flag. Is it nice? Is it heraldically correct? And also, as a bonus – listen to Jurek chatting with Philip Fairweather, discussing the issue of the way to pronounce “Silesia” and the best equivalent for the Polish word “województwo”.

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