Culture
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Unique Czech underground museum wins architectural award
Archeopark Pavlov, a unique underground museum near Mikulov in South Moravia, has won this year’s Czech Architecture Award, given by the Czech Chamber of Architects. The…
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Villa Tugendhat – a masterpiece of modernism
"Less is more" is an aphorism often associated with the German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. He might be better known as the last director of the Bauhaus…
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Legendary tramp bard Wabi Daněk
The legendary Czech folk singer Wabi Daněk died last week at the age of 70. In the course of a career spanning close to half a century he composed over 100 songs, recorded…
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Robert McCrum: bringing out Havel and Kundera
In his twenty years as editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber and Faber, Robert McCrum introduced some of the best Czech writers, including Václav Havel, Milan Kundera…
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London Czech Embassy celebrates reopening with massive event
The Czech Embassy in London will on Friday evening celebrate its reopening after a two-year renovation project. The large-scale event will see performances by singer Lenny…
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London launch for new Petra Hůlová translation
Three Plastic Rooms, a new English translation of the novel Umělohmotný třípokoj by Petra Hůlová, has just been published. Marking the book’s official launch, the author…
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Cell phone picture wins Czech Press Photo competition
The annual Czech Press Photo competition, which evaluates both professional and amateur journalistic photographs from around the world, has selected the winners of the…
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Decorative Art Museum reopens after ‘facelift’
The Museum of Decorative Arts in the centre of Prague has finally reopened after a protracted renovation. The largest Czech museum dedicated to applied art and design…
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How the army became a “workshop” for cinema during communism
František Vláčil, Karel Kachyňa, Vojtěch Jasný, Jiří Menzel and several more of the greatest ever Czech film directors honed their craft in the army during the communist…
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Czech world music issued by British Songlines magazine
The prestigious British magazine Songlines, which is distributed in 65 countries, has issued a free CD bonus, featuring Czech world music. The 16-track album, titled At…
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Non-Parent maker Jana Počtová: Ideal families never existed – but artificial barriers kept people…
Jana Počtová’s documentary Non-Parent offers an intimate exploration of unorthodox family life in the Czech Republic today. A follow-up to her earlier film Generation…
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Pacino: Silesians bring the noise on debut
Three-piece Pacino combine indie rock, post rock and punk vocals on Půl litru země, dubbed one of the most distinctive Czech releases of the year.
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