Culture
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First book in Hebrew printed in Prague half a millennium ago
Today, in Prague’s bookstores one can find titles in a number of world languages – English, German, Russian, French, and of course Czech. It is much harder these days…
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My Prague – Jana Zielinski
Jana Zielinski is a co-founder of Prague’s annual Designblok festival, which has done a huge amount to boost the profile of design in the Czech Republic in the last decade…
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Peter Freestone - former personal assistant to Freddie Mercury – discusses forgotten tracks the…
For 12 years Peter Freestone was a personal assistant and close friend to Freddie Mercury, the singer who reached superstardom with the rock group Queen. He was with also…
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Dvořák goes global as Czech opera gets ‘Live from Met’ premiere
A little bit of music history will be made on Saturday when Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka will become the first Czech opera to be broadcast live from New York’s Metropolitan…
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TV Nova: a symbol of Czech post-communist transformation
This week marks 20 years since the launch of TV Nova, the first Czech commercial television channel. A huge success since the beginning, it introduced viewers to new forms…
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Markéta Irglová: From Oscar success with Once to solo career with poetic Anar
Markéta Irglová is a Moravian-born, internationally known singer, songwriter and pianist who records in English. The modest musician was not yet 20 when she became the…
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Tomáš Zmeškal: putting things in their proper place
“Socrates on the Equator”, the latest book by the award-winning Czech novelist, Tomáš Zmeškal, offers insights into a huge country in the heart of Africa that for most…
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Two Voices release new album Crazy Classic
This week’s Sunday music show profiles the album Crazy Classic by a refreshing young group called Two Voices. Since they first appeared on Radio Prague the two voices have…
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New Spectaculare festival combines music, theatre and visual arts
A new festival merging electronica music, contemporary theatre and dance with multimedia and visual arts is being held in the Czech capital this and next week. Entitled…
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The Eben Brothers, a popular Czech folk-rock band
The Czech folk-rock band the Eben Brothers was formed in the late 1970s by multi-instrumentalists Kryštof, Marek and David Eben. The sons of a respected classical music…
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Susan Reynolds and the music of Karel Jaromír Erben’s poetry
Until last year Karel Jaromír Erben’s celebrated collection of ballads, Kytice – The Bouquet – had never been published in a full English translation. Now we are lucky…
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“Banksy of Brno” moves from streets to gallery
Perhaps Brno’s best known street artist, the man known as Timo has just moved indoors for the first time, with a new exhibition at the city’s Off/Format gallery. Timo’s…
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