Culture
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Franz Fühmann and the Sudetenland dreaming
Franz Fühmann (1922-1984) was one of East Germany’s most widely read writers. He is also one of few that have stood the test of time. He grew up in Czechoslovakia in…
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Czechs pay tribute to photographic great Josef Koudelka
Josef Koudelka, one of the greatest living Czech photographers and the only Czech to become a member of the prestigious Magnum Photo agency, turns 80 on Wednesday. Czechs…
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2018 Iranian film fest highlights shorts by upcoming directors
Iranian cinema has been among the most critically acclaimed in the world in recent years. Czech audiences have been able to enjoy the cream of the country’s movies thanks…
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Documentarian Kateřina Hager: Some parents don’t even know social networks their children are on…
The documentary Children Online shines a highly revealing light on how the lives of kids in the Czech Republic are increasingly shaped, if not dominated, by the internet…
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Pop rock by Mandrage
In this Sunday Music we feature music by the Mandrage, a Plzeň-based band whose music ranges from soft and pop-rock to pop-punk.
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The Toymaker: scars of the Holocaust in Prague and Melbourne
At the end of 2015 the Australian novelist and essayist Liam Pieper was Prague’s first writer-in-residence through the UNESCO City of Literature programme. His two months…
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The music fanatic in communist Czechoslovakia and the Radio Luxembourg DJ – an unlikely friendship
Jan Šesták was a music-obsessed mega-fan of Radio Luxembourg, tuning in every evening, despite the risks, in communist Czechoslovakia. Tony Prince was a top DJ on the…
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Ballroom dancing still part of the Czech lifestyle
Czechoslovakia gained independence in 1918. But even now, after nearly a century you can find customs and traditions that are very similar to most countries that formed…
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Jakub Jan Ryba’s Christmas Mass - the most popular piece of Czech Christmas music ever written
One of the staples of Czech Christmas, along with fried carp, Christmas cookies and fairy tales, is Jakub Jan Ryba’s Christmas Mass. The mass composed by a small-town…
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Popular British carol sings the praises of St. Václav
Few people know that Good King Wenceslas, one of the best-known Christmas carols in the English-speaking world sung on the Feast of Saint Stephen, refers to a Bohemian…
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Fresh release for “chilling” classic The Cremator
Juraj Herz’s The Cremator, originally released in 1969, is often regarded as one of the greatest films ever made in Czechoslovakia. Now the dark and disturbing movie set…
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Polish-Czech pop-rock singer Ewa Farna
Ewa Farna appeared on the Czech music scene after winning a talent contest in 2004, and two years later she released her first album titled Měls mě vůbec rád (Did You Ever…
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