Culture
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My Neighbor, My Enemy : problems of coexistence
In this week’s Panorama :a play at Prague’s National Theatre highlights the problems of coexistence between ethnic Czechs and the Roma minority, Karlovy Vary protesting…
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Lyricist Pavel Vrba - the man behind hundreds of Czech hits
This edition of Sunday Music show is dedicated to the poet and lyrics writer Pavel Vrba who died last week at the age of 73. In a career spanning over five decades, Mr…
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Filmmaking legend Otakar Vávra dies at 100
Czech filmmaking legend Otakar Vávra – who turned 100 earlier this year – has died in Prague. Over the course of a remarkable career, Mr Vávra – praised by many of the…
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Czech Museum of Music celebrates Dvořák's 170th birthday
It’s September, and all other anniversaries aside, that means the birthday season of the genius Antonín Dvořák. Had the Czech musical maestro lived to his deserved age he…
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New best-seller leads to speculation over author’s affair with former president Václav Havel
A novel titled “Secret Book” has been flying off the shelves in Czech bookstores. In it, author Irena Obermannová describes her secret affair with a figure that she refers…
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Egon Hostovský, "a European among the sprinklers"
For Czechs, the 20th century was a turbulent time. Independent Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 only to later fall victim to the two great tyrannies of modern history –…
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Eva Eislerová – Czech designer who reached top of jewellery world in NYC
The Czech artist and designer Eva Eislerová originally wanted to be an architect. Instead, she became one of the most highly regarded makers of art jewellery in the world…
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Music from the Noughties
In this week’s Sunday Music Show we highlight some of brightest new rock and pop acts in the Czech Republic. Listen to fresh tracks from Bek Ofis and a brace by Prague…
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New York Czech centre head Pavla Niklová: Czech films are the biggest attraction
The heads of Czech cultural centres from around the world gathered in Prague last week to share ideas and make plans for the future. I met up with Pavla Niklová – head of…
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 9
We have reached the ninth and final part of our serialized reading of “If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” by Jaroslava Skleničková. The war is over, and…
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Surviving Life - Master Švankmajer returns to the screen with a ‘psychoanalytical comedy’
It is only every five years or so that the renowned Czech animator Jan Švankmajer brings out a new film, and the wait is now over. “Surviving Life” draws on many of…
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From Morning till Night and more
The Czech Cultural Centre in London is gearing up for a big event this weekend – an exhibition of visual art by the Czech-born artist Kateřina Šedá called from Morning…
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