Culture
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"This old crone has claws": Kafka's Prague
In today's episode of our series In Franz Kafka’s Footsteps we are back in Prague to visit places where he lived, worked and wrote, and also where he spent his free time.
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58th Karlovy Vary to turn spotlight on Kafka and cinema
This year's Karlovy Vary film festival will feature a special section dedicated to Franz Kafka, while its visual look will reflect the hotel at the centre of the festival.
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Nicholas Lowry: It was part of my Czech identity that my family owned a condom company
New Yorker Nicholas Lowry, who leads viewers through a documentary on Czech graphic design set for release later this year, discusses the project and his own Czech roots.
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Friedrich or Bedřich? Novel highlights Smetana’s complicated background
Composer Bedřich Smetana is the subject of a new novel by Milena Štráfeldová. One focus of the book is the music great’s complicated German and Czech background.
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Bohuslav Martinů’s long lost Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Bohuslav Martinů, one of the most prolific 20th century Czech composers, wrote around 400 works, drawing inspiration from different styles and genres.
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Anniversary of the Week
26 April 1929: First Czech “talkie” screened in Ústí nad Labem
The innovation of film with sound first made it to Czechoslovakia 95 years ago. The first sound film to be screened was not a feature film, however, but an advert.
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Prague Uprising monument set for spot where Konev statue stood
A new monument honouring the courage of those who fought in the May 1945 Prague Uprising will replace a statue of the Soviet Army commander Ivan Konev, removed in 2020.
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Třešť: Kafka’s frequent summer hideaway
One of the places writer Franz Kafka liked to visit was Třešt'. Indeed before he entered the workforce he regularly visited his uncle in the small Vysočina town in summer.
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Prolific 20th century Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů
Check-out the fourth part of our video series Czech Music Greats, devoted to the work of one of the most prolific 20th century Czech composers - Bohuslav Martinů.
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Library of Lost Books: Prague Jewish Museum joins search for books looted by the Nazis
The Jewish Museum in Prague has joined an international project called the Library of Lost Books, inviting people to help track down books looted by the Nazis in Berlin.
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Gilgul: Jazz album draws on Jewish musical traditions
Guitarist David Dorůžka teamed up with flutist Robert Fischmann and drummer Martin Novák to record an album inspired by Jewish music, called Gilgul.
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Despite the war, culture flourishes: Ukrainian film festival arrives in Prague
The Mriya International Film Festival will take place in Prague on Saturday, screening films made by Ukrainian directors while raising funds for the country.
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