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Filmmaker Jan Kaplan shares his memories and photographs of the famous author Bohumil Hrabal
An exhibition of photographs of the internationally renowned author Bohumil Hrabal is currently on show at Lucerna Café in Prague. The collection of photos was taken by…
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Swedish director Ninja Thyberg’s works among films showcased at Prague Short Film Festival
The 12th Prague Short Film Festival gets underway on January 18th. For the next four days visitors to Prague’s Světozor will be able to view some of the very best short…
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Zuzana Růžičková: overcoming the odds to world acclaim
In today’s edition of Sunday Music Show we mark the 90th birthday of Zuzana Růžičková, one of the world’s leading harpsichordists. Despite enduring three concentration…
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Ewald Osers and the chemistry of translation
When the translator Ewald Osers died five years ago, it marked the end of an era. This year would have been his hundredth birthday, so with a bit of quick mathematics we…
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Czech board game scene gets a shot of Adrenaline
Czech Games Edition is a small but internationally-respected firm which has published very well-known original board game designs, some of them in as many as 12 languages…
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Zuzana Růžičková at 90: Other music was exciting, Bach was almost deja vu
The internationally-renowned harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková will celebrate her 90th birthday at a special concert in Prague on Saturday. After surviving the horrors of…
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Later Abraxas – More New Wave pop and New Romanticism than rock
In an earlier edition of Sunday Music, we focussed on early recordings by the Czech rock group Abraxas, founded in 1976. Last year the band celebrated 40 years of its…
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London-based collective takes old Czechoslovak tunes and makes them better
Pavel Růžička and Petr Dvořák, known as the ORM duo, have produced music for some of the biggest Czechoslovak pop-stars, including Karel Gott and Hana Zagorová, but they…
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“Absolutely marvellous” lost Havel text set for release on 40th anniversary of Charter 77
Part of a 100-page personal report on the Charter 77 period written by Václav Havel is set for publication on Friday as part of events marking the 40th anniversary of the…
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Graphic story of Czech illustration under pressure
Pioneers and Robots is the title of a new book focusing on the golden era of Czechoslovak illustration, which was recently released by the Paseka publishing house. Written…
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Václav Havel’s Prague – a guided tour
Václav Havel is probably the single most important figure in modern Czech history. Havel was born here in Prague and spent virtually his entire life in the capital. In…
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Czech web television hit Kancelář Blaník begins fifth season
Friday night will see the premiere of a new episode of Kancelář Blaník or Blaník Office, a hugely popular political comedy series now beginning its fifth season. Broadcast…
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