Zsuzsanna Bogos Lung strudel and stuffed bovine spleen – Bizarre dishes from old cookbooks At first glance, some of the dishes in our old cookbooks may seem bizarre. Stuffed bovine spleen rotisserie. A lamb-brain sandwich with green herbs...
Éva Szilléry ”Even if our mission isn’t profitable we’ll do it” – The Hajnalfény Medical Group helps people in need in Transylvania László Szalai is an ophthalmologist who had helped people in need in the Far East earthquake zones and Middle Eastern war zones before realizing...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska Hungarian marine biologist rebuilds coral reefs with his teenage son Marine biologist Emil Karáth almost drowned twice as a child, but despite - or perhaps because of - this, the water became his life...
Tamás Velkei Discovering the largest crusader mural cycle in the Holy Land – Hungarian archeologists are at least as good as their Western colleagues By fulfilling his childhood dream, he not only gave his life a purpose, but his work resulted in a university course and institute, too...
Melinda Hekler The story of the healing golden rice and the human-hearted bunny - or the benefits of genetic modification today Dr. Péter Major is best known for the cultural content of shoeshine.hu, one of the founding members of the organisation. But few people know...
Pál Horváth The serf who almost became Pope - the life of Tamás Bakócz The greatest figure of the medieval Hungarian church, he went from a serf boy to a true Renaissance prince of the priesthood. Tamás Bakócz...
Ágnes Jónás How does a whale-obsessed little girl become a cetacean biologist working to protect and learn about the biggest mammals on Earth? " As a child, I was very attracted to whale stories such as 'Free Willy' or National Geographic episodes," says cetacean biologist Dóra Székely...
Kati Szám Albert-László Barabási: "The responsibility of the scientist is to communicate clearly" I had a conversation with the world-renowned Hungarian network researcher. For once, I do not want to extend the following text with a lengthy...
Tímea Hajdú The story of a Scottish missionary who was taken to Auschwitz from Budapest As one of the leaders of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, Jane Haining did her best to keep the school an island of...
Pál Horváth Speaker of 30 languages – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, life of the wayfaring scientist Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, the gifted scientific traveller, wrote his name not only into the history of Hungarians through his perseverance and sacrifice.
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska “Only the forgotten die” – The immortal love of a 1956 martyr and a young woman Árpád Brusznyai was a true intellectual. A young teacher who only wanted good, who did not murder or steal, his only ‘crime’ being that...
Andrea Tóth-Fazekas “Being Hungarian is an incredible experience, despite the bitter pain.” In conversation with opera singer Levente Molnár “Spiritually, I reckon viceroy (bán) Bánk was a Szekler, just as I am. I, too, have exactly the same emotional charge: I truly tremble...
Nóra Ivády Fifteen years in refuge – Unseen chapters from the life of Cardinal József Mindszenty We know from Hungarian history that a person who has been convicted of treason by both the Arrow Cross and the Communist regimes can...