Culture
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Czech “Mona Lisa” on sale at Prague Antique Fair
Twice a year Prague’s New Town Hall hosts the city’s biggest Antique Fair. This year´s spring edition of the traditional event, held from April 20 to April 23, presents…
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Prague ensemble performs long-forgotten Easter mass
Jan Dismas Zelenka is considered one of the most significant baroque composers, yet his music had been largely forgotten after his death and was only rediscovered 150…
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Mr Cimrman goes to Washington: Successful English-language production of ‘The Stand-In’ to be…
The Prague-based Cimrman English Theatre is taking their successful and very funny production of The Stand-In (Záskok) to America. It is the first time audiences in the US…
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Acquisition fund to help galleries & museums to fill gap in key contemporary artwork from last 50…
The government has approved Culture Ministry plans to provide tens of millions of crowns in state funds for largely regional galleries and museums to acquire Czech as well…
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Romany rapper Radek Banga to receive František Kriegel Award for civic courage
Romany singer Radek Banga is to receive the František Kriegel Award for civic courage, handed out annually by the Charter 77 Foundation. The popular rapper was selected…
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Tomáš Palucha – Collaborating with vocalists to great effect on compelling Guru
It’s not at all hard to see why Guru by Tomáš Palucha was named LP of the year for 2016 by Czech Radio’s youth and alternative station, Wave. The captivating and ambitious…
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Vít Janota: The rebirth of the city built on sand
Vít Janota is a poet of Prague. The city emerges again and again in his work, and more than ever in his latest collection, which in a sense was written by the city itself…
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A day in the life of a Neolithic woman
The discovery of the remains of a Neolithic settlement on Czech soil in 2001 led to years of painstaking research. Now the results of more than 15 years of study have…
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London-based design studio picks up prestigious Czech award with children’s game and shelf
The London-based Studio deFORM, run by two young Czech designers Václav Mlynář and Jakub Pollág, has been voted the overall winner of this year’s Czech Grand Design award…
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Robert “Dr. Bob” Polo – THE English voice of radio for many Czechs
A lot of Czechs might not recognise Robert Polo by appearance. But many undoubtedly know the American’s rich and distinctive voice – and Dr. Bob persona – thanks to his…
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Věra Špinarová, the Czech Tina Turner, dies at 65
One of the most outstanding personalities on the Czech pop and rock scene Věra Špinarová has died at the age of 65. Dubbed the Czech Tina Turner, Špinarová recorded her…
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My Prague – Zdeněk Lukeš
Zdeněk Lukeš is one of the country’s best known architects. During the 1990s he was part of Václav Havel’s team revitalising Prague Castle and he still works in its…
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