Culture
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James Stafford – Author of The Sorrowful Putto of Prague
In this week’s Arts, my guest is Welsh writer James Stafford, the author of a wonderfully irreverent webcomic The Sorrowful Putto of Prague. The comic tells the story of a…
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Berg Orchestra experiments with form and setting of contemporary music
For many lovers of classical music, the Czech Republic is the land of Dvořák and Smetana. Fans of more modern music may know Leoš Janáček or Bohuslav Martinů. It may seem…
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15th One World to deliver over 100 documentaries on huge range of topics
The 2013 One World festival of human rights documentaries kicks off in Prague on Monday. Over a week and a half, this year’s festival, the 15th, will present more than 100…
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Folk-jazz-chanson singer Martina Trchová
In this week’s edition of Sunday Music Show we profile a talented young artist: singer and songwriter Martina Trchová. With her mix of folk, jazz and chanson Martina is…
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My Prague – Radim Špaček
In this new Radio Prague series, notable Prague residents take us to some places in the city to which they have a particular connection. Our first guide is Radim Špaček…
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Semafor Theatre – 53 years and inventive as ever
The Semafor theatre, one of the oldest continuous traditions of modern Czech entertainment, is still putting out new performances after 53 years of existence. The latest…
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Czech art market receives boost from Chinese collectors
2012 was another record-breaking year for the Czech art market, with collectors having auctioned some 881 million crowns – or over 46 million US dollars – worth of…
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Go and Don’t Shoot: A story of survival in Kayin
A new exhibit entitled Go and Don’t Shoot will open on Tuesday evening at the National Gallery’s Veletržní Palác. It presents multi-media works that the contemporary Czech…
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Jazz bassist Jaromír Honzák plays music of Suzanne Vega
In this edition of Sunday Music Show, we play Blood Sings, the latest album by the renowned Czech bass player Jaromír Honzák. The record contains covers of songs by the…
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“Heaven, distance, light and dazzling brightness”: Czech literary links with Scandinavia
Did you know that one of Norway’s popular writers is actually Czech, or that in the mid 1930s Karel Čapek fell in love with the forests and skies of Scandinavia? And do…
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Louis Armstrong in Prague
My ears pricked up recently when a guest on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs selected as one of the songs he’d like to be stranded with a track by Louis Armstrong – recorded…
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New Czech Centre director will bring modern design to London
Tereza Porybná took over as director of the Czech Centre in London earlier this month. Her professional and academic experience have been quite varied – for many years she…
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