Culture
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Jana Zielinski – the head of Designblok festival
Jana Zielinski is the director of Designblok, a Prague-based festival that brings together designers from the Czech Republic and abroad. What started 12 years ago as a…
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First Theatre World Brno festival kicks off with complete works of Václav Havel
The first year of what looks set to become the biggest annual theatrical event in the country launched at the weekend. The nine-day Theatre World Festival in Brno will…
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Lost and found in translation: writers discuss the complexities of literature across frontiers
Last month Prague hosted Bookworld, one of Europe’s major international book fairs. Writers from around the world, whose work covers a Babel of different languages…
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Newly opened GASK gallery draws visitors to Kutná Hora
The town of Kutná Hora attracts visitors mainly thanks to its gothic cathedral and its history of silver mining. Now there is another good reason to visit the UNESCO…
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Ice bust of Czech president on display near government HQ causes stir
This week, an art piece exhibited in front of Czech government headquarters caused a bit of a stir. An ice sculpture of the head of President Václav Klaus that slowly…
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Top documentary prize goes to film about Vietnamese immigrants
The Pavel Koutecký prize for documentary film is awarded to “tireless observers of the world with the ability to convey their feelings and insights through film.” This…
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Lidice film project set to start shooting despite withdrawal of director Alice Nellis
Thursday is the anniversary of the razing the village of Lidice by the Nazis in 1942, without doubt one of the darkest moments in modern Czech history. A planned film…
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Mucha family keeps up the fight to build the Slav Epic a home
When the artist Alfons Mucha died in 1939, he left his masterpiece of 20 canvases entitled the Slav Epic, to the City of Prague – but on the condition that an appropriate…
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Iain Banks: the revival of science fiction inspiration
Scottish writer Iain Banks is a prolific novelist of conventional novels and science fiction. Since his first novel, “The Wasp Factory” was published in 1984, he has…
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Comedy creator Ladislav Smoljak dies aged 78
One of the greats of Czech film and theatre, Ladislav Smoljak, died at the age of 78 at the weekend. As a director, screenwriter and actor, Smoljak, brought his special…
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Czech rock legend Vladimír Mišík releases new album “Lost Autumn”
The legend among Czech rock musicians, singer and songwriter Vladimír Mišík, is back. After a six year break, he and his band, Etc, recently released a new album “Ztracený…
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Beatlemania back in Prague as new exhibition opens at Museum of Music
Good news for Beatles fans – a new exhibition at the Czech Museum of Music opens on Thursday evening featuring the music and the men – the museum’s even borrowed George…
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