Culture
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Jananas: a breath of fresh air on the Czech folk music scene
Jananas is a hardcore folk band with a distinctly fresh style. It’s so far only album released in 2010 received excellent reviews and got it a nomination for the Czech “…
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Tomáš Kelar swaps tough UK music bizz climb with Mountaineers for mega (and tiny) crowds with Midi…
Musician Tomáš Kelar’s career began as drummer with the Welsh band Mountaineers, who rubbed shoulders with some big names when they signed to Mute Records. Now living back…
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Culture Minister quits after months of criticism
Minister of Culture Alena Hanáková has announced that she is to step down at the end of the month. Even though she had come in for much criticism in arts circles, no…
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Fulmaya, the Girl with Skinny Legs: a documentary for the big screen about an actress’s unusual…
In this week’s In Focus, we look at a successful new documentary called Fulmaya, the Girl with Skinny Legs. The film is a portrait of Slovak actress and musician Dorota…
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Jiří Votruba – artist whose work helps form visitors’ image of Prague
Anyone who has been to Prague is extremely likely to have seen some of the work of artist Jiří Votruba. Posters, postcards and t-shirts bearing his distinctive brightly…
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Folk rock vocalist Zuzana Michnová
Singer and songwriter Zuzana Michnová is one of the most distinct vocalists of the Czech folk rock scene. For many years, she was part of the legendary band Marsyas, and…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: Listeners’ response to Radio Prague’s special 90th anniversary broadcast; Bohemian crown jewels; listeners’ quiz question. Listeners quoted: Stephen…
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Highlights from the 53rd Zlín International Film Festival
News from the finale of the 53rd Zlín International Film Festival last weekend was largely dampened by fears of devastating floods in other parts of the country. Now that…
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Don Sparling – Part 1
Few if any Westerners have been living in this part of the world for as long as Don Sparling. Indeed, the Canadian-born academic came to Czechoslovakia in March 1969, just…
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Classical guitar player and chanson singer Lenka Filipová
This week’s Sunday Music Show profiles chanson singer, guitarist and composer Lenka Filipová. The singer, who started out as a classical guitar player and developed into a…
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Edgar de Bruin: conquering the world with Czech literature
With the economic crisis and countries becoming increasingly introverted, you might expect this to be the worst of all possible times for getting Czech books published…
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Incentives in film industry help draw major foreign productions
In less than a fortnight, principal photography will begin on one of the most significant film productions in the Czech Republic this year, the adaptation of Tom Rob Smith…
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